drawing;
album
- Museum number
- 1942,0902.1.3
- Description
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African (?) scene, formerly in an album originally containing 79 drawings and prints by William and Samuel Daniell and others; in the foreground a group of figures with trees and animals behind them, on the bank of a river, beyond them to left a figure descending towards the water, and on the further bank dwellings with trees
Watercolour over black chalk and graphite
- Production date
- 1775-1811
- Dimensions
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Height: 165 millimetres
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Width: 228 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- From album 1942,0902.1-79
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1942
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
Given to Jane F Sherlock by Miss Daniell in 1887 (according to note on p.8 of BM album).
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1942,0902.1.3