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 12/10/2011
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Watercolour and pencil painting on paper, mounted on cardboard. The left ?fifth of the painting is not attached and is folded forward. The painting shows a square with a white building on the left, an entrance archway in the middle and a group of buildings on the right. Two groups of figures are in the square. On the back of the painting are sketches of faces in pencil. Inscription: 'fasam Rainihiaro', Rainihiaro father of the Prime Minister', 'September 14th, 1862 The Tomb f Rainihiaro N.W. of Antananarivo. '410/0' on the back of the mount and '18' in pencil on the front, and '15 15' crossed out.
Event Date 12/10/2011
Author: maa