Charles Davidson Bell
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Charles Davidson Bell FRSE was a Scottish-born artist who spent the majority of his life in the Cape Colony. In addition to serving as the Surveyor-General of the colony, he was also a heraldist who d
A self-portrait by Bell
A portrait of Bell's uncle, Sir John Bell
A Cape Colony stamp designed by Bell
Landing of van Riebeeck at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652
Kuruman
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Kuruman is a small town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is known for its scenery and the Eye of Kuruman, a geological feature that brings water from deep underground. The abundance o
Charles Davidson Bell
…and 1862 he accompanied Henry Samuel Chapman from Cape Town to Walvis Bay, through Hereroland to Lake Ngami and back to the Cape Colony via Shoshong, Kuruman and Hopetown. He was married to Margaret Roome in 1865 and died in 1878 in England. Charles Bell was a friend of Andrew Geddes Bain and was a pall-bearer…
The Eye
A residential street in Kuruman