Samuel Daniell

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The Quaka (Aquatint, 1804)
"A Boosh-Wannah Hut" (1804)

Samuel Daniell (1775 – 16 December 1811) was an English painter of natural history and other scenes in Africa and Ceylon.[1]

Life

Daniell is perhaps best known as the appointed artist for an expedition to Africa and the renderings he did there of African animals.[2] He was born in Chertsey. In December, 1799, he went to South Africa for the first time.[3] The drawings he made in southern Africa including a journey to Bechuanaland were published by his brother William Daniell in London.[1] During the trip to Bechuanaland he was named the official secretary and artist for the trip. The trip went from Cape of Good Hope to Bechuanaland.[3] He returned to England from the trip and co-published with William Daniell and Thomas Daniell, African Scenery and Animals, in 1804.[1][3]

He later on lived in Sri Lanka, then called Ceylon, from 1806 to his death from tropical fever.[3][4] Twelve of his drawings also were published by his brother in 1806 with the title: A Picturesque Illustration of the Scenery, Animals and Native Inhabitants of Ceylon.[1]

After Samuel Daniell's death, further engravings based on his drawings were published: In 1820, forty-eight lithographs titled Sketches Representing the Native Tribes and Scenery of Southern Africa, and in 1832, Twenty Varied Subjects of the Tribe of Antelopes.[1]

  • Korah-Khoikhoi dismantling their huts, preparing to move to new pastures. Aquatint 1805.
    Korah-Khoikhoi dismantling their huts, preparing to move to new pastures. Aquatint 1805.
  • A Hottentot, a Hottentot Woman, a Kaffre, a Kaffre Woman, Aquatint 1805
    A Hottentot, a Hottentot Woman,
    a Kaffre, a Kaffre Woman,
    Aquatint 1805
  • Khoisan busy barbecuing grasshoppers Aquatint 1804
    Khoisan busy barbecuing grasshoppers
    Aquatint 1804
  • Trekboer making a camp Aquatint c.1804
    Trekboer making a camp
    Aquatint c.1804

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Daniell, Samuel". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  2. ^ "Samuel Daniell – African scenery and animals, 1804–1805". Galaxy of Images. Smithsonian Institution Libraries.
  3. ^ a b c d "Sketches Representing the Native Tribes, Animals, and Scenery of Southern Africa: From Drawings Made by the Late Mr. Samuel Daniell". World Digital Library. 1820. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  4. ^ Catalogue of drawings by British artists and artists of foreign origin, pg 17

Further reading

  • Sutton, Thomas. The Daniells: artists and travellers (Bodley Head, 1954).

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