Scraps from the Sketch Books of a Wanderer in Southern Africa

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Title: Scraps from the Sketch Books of a Wanderer in Southern Africa
Creator: Bell, Charles Davidson
Subject: Africans in art, South Africa--In art
Description: The title page to a compilation of sketches Charles Bell put together after the Andrew Smith expedition. Depicts four tribesmen and a woman with a baby on her back and a small child hanging on to her cloak, showing surprise at a drawing of a warrior being held up for them to see by a man (possibly Charles Bell?) whose face is obscured by the drawing. Title taken from original painting.
Publisher: University of Cape Town Libraries. South Africa
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Date: 1830s
Type: StillImage
Format: Watercolours (paintings), 14 x 21.5 cm
Identifier: islandora:26364
Source: BC_686_C01
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Relation: BC686: John and Charles Bell Heritage Trust Collection
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Rights: This item is the property of the John and Charles Bell Heritage Trust. For permission to reproduce or quote, please contact the Special Collections of the University of Cape Town Libraries.