Fernwood Press; 2001; Hardcover; Very Good- in Good dust jacket; Jacket wear, else near fine; Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: Charles Davidson Bell ? artist, land surveyor, designer of stamps, medals and silverware ? was an interesting man of many and varied talents. His contribution to the aesthetic, social and commercial life of 19th-century Cape Town was enormous, yet for a hundred years after his death very little was known about him. The return of much of his oeuvre from England to Cape Town in 1978 has enabled historians and art historians to appreciate much of his work, and this publication reveals even more to the world at large. Meticulously researched text is complemented by some 130 of Bell's most appealing sketches and paintings, many of which reveal his quirky sense of humour. The artist's sensitive depictions of the heterogeneous population of Cape Town and of the indigenous people he encountered on his expedition to the Tropic of Capricorn provide a valuable record of life in 19th-century South Africa.