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

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. He first went to South Africa 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, south-west of central London. It grew up round Chertsey Abbey, founded in 666 CE, and gained a market charter from Henry I. A bridge across the River Thames first appeared in the ...

. In December 1799, he went to

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

for the first time. The drawings he made in southern Africa, including a journey to Bechuanaland, were published by his brother

William Daniell William Daniell (1769–1837) was an English landscape and marine painter, and printmaker, notable for his work in aquatint. He travelled extensively in India in the company of his uncle Thomas Daniell, with whom he collaborated on one of th ...

in London. During the trip to Bechuanaland, Daniell was named the official secretary and artist for the trip. The trip went from

Cape of Good Hope The Cape of Good Hope ( af, Kaap die Goeie Hoop ) ;''Kaap'' in isolation: pt, Cabo da Boa Esperança is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is t ...

to Bechuanaland. He returned to England from the trip and co-published with his brothers

and

Thomas Daniell Thomas Daniell (174919 March 1840) was an English landscape painter who also painted Orientalist themes. He spent seven years in India, accompanied by his nephew William, also an artist, and published several series of aquatints of the coun ...

, ''African Scenery and Animals,'' in 1804. Daniell later lived in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

, 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 lithographs 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 (), according to the contemporary Khoekhoegowab orthography, is a catch-all term for those indigenous peoples of Southern Africa who do not speak one of the Bantu languages, combining the (formerly "Khoikhoi") and the or ( in t ...

busy barbecuing grasshoppers
Aquatint 1804 Image:Daniell Trekboer.jpg,

Trekboer The Trekboers ( af, Trekboere) were nomadic pastoralists descended from European settlers on the frontiers of the Dutch Cape Colony in Southern Africa. The Trekboers began migrating into the interior from the areas surrounding what is now Cap ...

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
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