Lot 290
Africa.- Dadd (Frank, 1851-1929) The Murder of Captain Keyes in Nigeria, The Prisoners Under Escort, monochrome watercolour, 1901.
Estimate: £400 - 600
Description
Africa.- Dadd (Frank, 1851-1929) The Murder of Captain Keyes in Nigeria, The Prisoners Under Escort, monochrome watercolour, heightened with white, signed with initials lower left, 270 x 350 mm. (10 3/4 x 13 3/4 in), under glass, minor spotting and browning, circa 1901.
Illustrated:
The Graphic, 16th November 1901
⁂ Captain Keyes was murdered in Argungo, the extreme north-west of Northern Nigeria, on the 21st June 1901, by a gang of French cattle-thieves, whom he was attempting to arrest. The present work illustrates the French cattle-thieves following their arrest.
Description
Africa.- Dadd (Frank, 1851-1929) The Murder of Captain Keyes in Nigeria, The Prisoners Under Escort, monochrome watercolour, heightened with white, signed with initials lower left, 270 x 350 mm. (10 3/4 x 13 3/4 in), under glass, minor spotting and browning, circa 1901.
Illustrated:
The Graphic, 16th November 1901
⁂ Captain Keyes was murdered in Argungo, the extreme north-west of Northern Nigeria, on the 21st June 1901, by a gang of French cattle-thieves, whom he was attempting to arrest. The present work illustrates the French cattle-thieves following their arrest.
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