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British School, 19th century
Lion hunt in the mountains of Victoria, Southern Africa 1837
watercolour with white bodycolour and gum arabic | 32.3 x 58.5 cm (whole object) | RCIN 921951
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Hunters, armed with bows and arrows and rifles, fire at a lion, which charges them from the left. Mountains in background. Inscribed on mount 'Mountains of Victoria. Damaraland. S. Africa. Discovered by Jas. Edw. Alexander. K.L.S 42 R.H'.
Captain James Edward Alexander (1803−85) exchanged to the 42nd Highlanders in 1832. Between 1836 and 1837, he travelled through Namaqualand and Damaraland (now Namibia) on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society, drawing maps of the region and compiling a list of Otjiherero words. James Alexander was knighted in 1838, this drawing may therefore be dated to before his knighthood.
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Medium and techniques
watercolour with white bodycolour and gum arabic
Measurements
32.3 x 58.5 cm (whole object)
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Other number(s)
RL 21951
