Christopher Webb Smith. An Artist at the Cape of Good Hope 1837-1839. by A Gordon-Brown
Christopher Webb Smith. An Artist at the Cape of Good Hope 1837-1839. by A Gordon-Brown
Hardcover. English. Timmins. 1965 1st ed. 92 pp with numerous colour and bw plates.
Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition. The DJ has some limited signs of wear and tear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover.
Prominent art historian's researches to reveal the work of an obscure artist with considerable merit.
Christopher Webb Smith, was an English-born bird painter and public official. After joining the East India Company he was sent to India in 1811, where he remained in various administrative posts until 1842.
Smith stayed at the Cape of Good Hope from 1837 until 1839 to recover his health. As a result, he and renowned painter D'Oyly collaborated on a third volume, The Birds, Flowers, and Scenery of the Cape, and finished 56 plates, though the book was never published.
From 1849 to 1860 Smith worked on a critique of the 300 paintings in Florence's. The entire work was lost with the sinking of the steamer Black Prince off the coast of Portugal.
