F.R. (fl. 1826)

Siege of Makuba, River Sherbro; and Makuba, Sierra Leone

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F.R. (fl. 1826)
Siege of Makuba, River Sherbro; and Makuba, Sierra Leone
the first titled on the mount, the second signed with initials, inscribed and dated 'F.R. Makuba 19:Feby. 1826' ( in the lower margin)
watercolour on paper
3¼ x 4in. (8.3 x 10.2cm.) and similar (2)

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The two watercolours describe the British suppressing the slave trade in Sierra Leone in and action led by Major General Charles Turner, as described by Turner in detail in a letter to Lord Bathurst dated 2 March 1826, for which see Cameo , Volume 10, Number 1, pp. 32-6.