Scene in Sitsikamma

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Hand-colored aquatint From African Scenery and Animals, with Descriptions London: S. Daniell, 1804-1805

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Samuel Daniell was both a nephew of Thomas Daniell, the “artist-adventurer,” and the younger brother of William. At age 24, he began a 700-mile journey in South Africa from the Cape to Lataku, the seat of King Mooliahaben of the Booshuanas. Upon return to England in 1803, he issued this work based on drawings made during the journey. Still restless, he trekked to Sri Lanka, published A Picturesque Illustration of the Scenery, Animals and Native Inhabitants of the Island of Ceylon in 1808, and died there in 1811.

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In Pursuit of the Picturesque