F.R. (fl. 1826)

Siege of Makuba, River Sherbro; and Makuba, Sierra Leone

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F.R. (fl. 1826)
Siege of Makuba, River Sherbro; and Makuba, Sierra Leone
the first titled on the mount, the second signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'F.R. Makuba 19:Feby. 1826' ( in the lower margin)
watercolour on paper
3¼ x 4in. (8.3 x 10.2cm.) and similar (2)

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Lot Essay

The two watercolours describe the British suppressing the slave trade in Sierra Leone in and action led by Major General Charles Turner, as described by Turner in detail in a letter to Lord Bathurst dated 2 March 1826, for which see Cameo , Volume 10, Number 1, pp. 32-6.

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