Collections : [Yale University -Yale Center for British Art]

Portrait of William Sharp.

Watercolor sketch of a Xhosa/"Kaffir" man standing to address other assembled tribespeople. The standing man wears a leopard cloak draped over one shoulder, an arm- and waist-band of thin woven or metal material, and has a necklace. His body is largely uncovered, while the gathered men are mostly wrapped up in beige capes. They look attentively at him as he speaks, pointing his finger towards some object in the distance at right. They are gathered in a dusty stretch of lowland. Colors are labeled on reverse in pen and ink and graphite title reads, "Fancy [?] sketch of Kaffirs." Unsigned/undated.