Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) Lieutenant Samuel Pasfield Oliver, (Captain: 1871), Royal Artillery, visited Madagascar during 1861-2, and witnessed King Radama II’s coronation at Antananarivo (23 Sept 1861), and returned later in 1863 on HMS Rapid following the King’s presumed assassination, (12 May 1863).

The Annual Report for 1893 notes that Captain S. Pasfield Oliver, late R.A., gave a collection of "fifty-nine sketches and finished drawings in pencil, in;, and water colours, of prehistoric stone monuments, tumuli, and burial places, sketched by the donor in England, the Channel Islands, Brittany, Etruria, Sardinia, Greece, the Troad, Madagasgar, Japan and" as well as a number of books to the library". It is likely that the Madagascan material here accessioned as 2011.96-232 is part of this donation. Transferred from the Haddon library in a card folio in 2010.

Event Date 10/10/2011
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Watercolour and pencil painting on paper, mounted on cardboard. Painting shows green landscape with two mountains in the background and a body of water on the left. A village and additional buildings scattered between trees along the valley. Cattle in the middle of the painting. A group of 12 figures are walking from the forest on the right hand side towards the village. Inscription: 'Mandrahody or Ambodinangavo, the frontier of Imerina', 'S. Pasfield Oliver Lieut. R.A., A.D.C', 'August 5th, 1862. Madagascar'. Painting has 410/0 on reverse of mount and 11 on front.
Event Date 10/10/2011
Author: maa