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Lot Essay
There is another watercolour by Daniell of the same subject in the MuseumAfrica (R.F. Kennedy, Catalogue of Pictures in the Africana Museum, Johannesburg, 1967, II, D34). Either the present or the Johannesburg watercolour is presumably the model for plate 13 in Daniell's African scenery and animals, London, 1804-5.
Samuel, the younger brother of William Daniell R.A. (1769-1837), arrived in the Cape in December 1800 and accompanied the British government's expedition 'to countries beyond the limits of the Colony' in 1801-2 under Truter and Somerville as draughtsman. The Military Station (Fort Frederick) near Algoa Bay was set up by the British in 1799. Three hundred and fifty soldiers manned the fort to protect settlers from the Xhosa, but the force was ineffective and the fort was abandoned in the early years of the nineteenth century.
Samuel, the younger brother of William Daniell R.A. (1769-1837), arrived in the Cape in December 1800 and accompanied the British government's expedition 'to countries beyond the limits of the Colony' in 1801-2 under Truter and Somerville as draughtsman. The Military Station (Fort Frederick) near Algoa Bay was set up by the British in 1799. Three hundred and fifty soldiers manned the fort to protect settlers from the Xhosa, but the force was ineffective and the fort was abandoned in the early years of the nineteenth century.