Samuel Daniell. The Klip Springer. 1805

DANIELL, Samuel (1775-1811).The Klip Springer.Aquatint engravings with original hand color.London, 1805 from African Scenery and Animals.17" x 22 1/2" sheet, 27" x 32 1/2" framedThe Finest Depictions of African Animals.These stunning hand-colored aquatints are from Samuel Daniell's "African Scenery and Animals", which has been called "the scarcest and most valuable of the large atlas folios of South African illustrations." (Mendelssohn)."Unable to make a living as a landscape painter in London, Daniell travelled to the Cape of Good Hope in 1799 in the suite of Sir George Yonge, governor and commander-in-chief at the Cape. His subsequent friendship with Lieutenant-General Francis Dundas resulted in his appointment as secretary and draughtsman to a mission to visit the country of the Booshuanas (Bechuanaland) under Mr Truter and Dr Somerville, in October 1801, to purchase cattle to replace those lost in the Cape Frontier War. During the perilous 700 mile trek to Lataku, the seat of King