Samuel Daniell (1775 – 16 December 1811) was a British painter of natural history and other scenes in Africa and

Ceylon Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

. He first went to the

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in 1799.

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Daniell is perhaps best known as the appointed artist for a 1799-1802 expedition to South Africa and the renderings he did there of African animals. He was born and reared in

Chertsey Chertsey is a town in the Borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England, southwest of central London. It grew up around Chertsey Abbey, founded in AD 666 by Earconwald, St Erkenwald, and gained a municipal charter, market charter from Henry I of Engla ...

. In December 1799, he went to

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for the first time. The drawings he made in southern Africa, including a journey to Bechuanaland, were published by his brother William Daniell in London. During the trip to Bechuanaland, Daniell was named the official secretary and artist for the trip. The trip went from

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to Bechuanaland. He returned to England from the trip and co-published with his brothers William Daniell and Thomas Daniell, ''African Scenery and Animals,'' in 1804. Daniell later lived in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

, then called

, from 1806 to 1811, when he died from tropical fever.Catalogue of drawings by British artists and artists of foreign origin, pg 17
/ref> His brother William published twelve of his drawings in 1806, with the title: ''A Picturesque Illustration of the Scenery, Animals and Native Inhabitants of Ceylon''. After Samuel Daniell's death, further engravings based on his drawings were published: In 1820, forty-eight

lithograph Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the miscibility, immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by ...

s titled ''Sketches Representing the Native Tribes and Scenery of Southern Africa'', and in 1832, ''Twenty Varied Subjects of the Tribe of Antelopes''. Image:Samuel Daniell - Kora-Khokhoi preparing to move - 1805.jpg, Korah-Khoikhoi dismantling their huts, preparing to move to new pastures. Aquatint 1805. Image:Daniell Hottentot.jpg, A Hottentot, a Hottentot Woman,
a Kaffre, a Kaffre Woman,
Aquatint 1805 Image:Sameul Daniell - Khoisan besig om sprinkane te braai - 1804.jpg,

Khoisan Khoisan ( ) or () is an Hypernymy and hyponymy, umbrella term for the various Indigenous peoples of Africa, indigenous peoples of Southern Africa who traditionally speak non-Bantu languages, combining the Khoekhoen and the San people, Sān peo ...

busy barbecuing grasshoppers
Aquatint 1804 Image:Daniell Trekboer.jpg, Trekboer making a camp
Aquatint c.1804 Image:Booshuna women manufacturing earthen ware.jpg, Booshuana women manufacturing earthen ware 1805 Image:Bushmen Hottentots armed for an expedition.png, Bushmen Hottentots armed for an expedition 1804

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Samuel Daniell
(South Africa Holiday) {{DEFAULTSORT:Daniell, Samuel 18th-century English painters English male painters 19th-century English painters English illustrators British painters of animals Wildlife artists Cape Colony artists People from Chertsey 1775 births 1811 deaths 19th-century English male artists 18th-century English male artists

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