Christopher Webb Smith. An Artist at the Cape of Good Hope 1837-1839

The account of the author’s research in the matter is fascinating in itself. He heard of Webb Smith when following up a clue in regard to the identity of a Cape artist known only by his initials ‘J. W?’ He describes how evidence he collected as a result of a great deal of hard work in London pointed to Webb Smith being the artist who made many of the important Cape landscapes in the Library of Parliament in Cape Town hitherto attributed to ‘J. W. But the bird studies by Webb Smith in a setting of Cape flora and scenery, are perhaps the major feature of this beautiful volume.