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Khoekhoe people preparing to move, in Daniell's 1804 illustration

Original: Khoekhoe people preparing to move. From "African Scenery and Animals" written & illustrated by Samuel Daniell, London: [

A 1804-1805 engraving titled "Khoekhoe people preparing to move" from Samuel Daniell's "African Scenery and Animals," published in London, is circulating among art and old-book illustration enthusiasts. Daniell, a British artist who travelled in southern Africa, documented indigenous peoples and wildlife, and the image is being shared as an example of early colonial-era illustration of the Khoekhoe people.

Why now: The historical illustration is being shared for its artistic and documentary depiction of the Khoekhoe people in early 19th-century southern Africa.

Samuel DaniellKhoekhoe peopleAfrican Scenery and AnimalsLondon

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