Live Auction 6911Travel, Science and Natural History
Charles Hamilton Smith (1776-1859)
Lot 174 VARIOUS PROPERTIES

Charles Hamilton Smith (1776-1859)

Views in the South Seas: Great Morai of Temarri at Poppara, A Tupapow at Otaheite, Views in the district of Whapiano, Otaheite, Scene on the Island of Radak, View on an Island of Krusensterns Group, View in the Island of Fare and another

Closed9 October 2012

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GBP 750

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Charles Hamilton Smith (1776-1859)
Views in the South Seas: Great Morai of Temarri at Poppara, A Tupapow at Otaheite, Views in the district of Whapiano, Otaheite, Scene on the Island of Radak, View on an Island of Krusensterns Group, View in the Island of Fare and another
five signed with initials
pencil and watercolour on paper
9 x 12¼in. (23 x 31cm.) and smaller (7)

Specialist note

A prolific artist since his childhood, Smith served in the British army in the Americas and is recorded as travelling in the Near East, North Africa and South America after his active service. Apart from his prolific topographical watercolours, which include numerous copies of published views, he was a military historian and an authority on natural history and historical costume.