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Andries Africander, a mulatto Hottentot [graphic] / W. C. Harris del.
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Contributor
Harris, William Cornwallis, Sir, 1807-1848 artist.
Title
Andries Africander, a mulatto Hottentot [graphic] / W. C. Harris del.
Publisher
[London: s.n]
Publisher
ENGLAND. London. 1852
Date
[1852]
Physical Description
1 print: hand-colored aquatint; overall 24 x 17 cm. (9.5 x 6.5 in)
Description
Portrait image of Andries Africander, a mulatto Hottentot (i.e. Khoikhoi), who served as Harris's driver during part of his travels. A pensioned private in the Cape Rifle Corps, Africander is shown here with his rifle. As Harris noted, and as the engraving suggests, he was missing both his right eye and his index finger. When Harris first made Africander's acquaintance, the latter had already made numerous trips into Moselekaste's country. He was also acquainted with the chief, and spoke a bit of English and Sichuana. He proved, however, to be an unfortunate addition to Harris's party. "A coward, a mutineer, and an inveterate liar," Harris wrote, " . . . Andries caused more mischief and trouble to us by his pernicious example and rebellious conduct when beyond the reach of the law, than can be well conceived by those who have never had the misfortunes to be exposed to the machinations of so dangerous a ruffian." (p. 10)
Is part of
Harris, William Cornwallis, Sir, 1807-1848. Wild sports of southern Africa. London: Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1852.
Notes
Plate in Sir William Harris's The wild sports of Southern Africa: Being a narrative of a hunting expedition from the Cape of Good Hope, through the territories of the Chief Moselekatse, to the Tropic of Capricorn (London: Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1852), p. 8.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Subject
Khoikhoi (African people) -- Portraits.
Racially mixed people -- Africa, Southern.
Geographic subject
Africa, Southern -- Pictorial works -- 19th century.
Genre
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1850-1860.
Book illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | U Afri Harris 14048.O p 8
Accession number
14048.O
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