Bell won a gold medal at the First Annual Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1851 for the best original historical painting in oil.
Source/Photographer
Suid-Afrikaanse Geskiedenis in Beeld (1989) by Anthony Preston. Bion Books: Printed in South Africa. / The National Library of South Africa. Nota bene: the given source does not credit the author, but it can also be viewed in Simons (P.) THE LIFE AND WORK OF CHARLES BELL, including The Art of Charles Bell: an appraisal, by Michael Godby, 176 pp., oblong 4to., maps, b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1998.
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Captions
"Landing of Van Riebeeck at the Cape of Good Hope in 1652" (c. 1850) by Charles Davidson Bell
Шарль Девідсон Белл. Прибуття Яна ван Рібека у Столову бухту