Important South African and International Art
Live Auction, 10 November 2014
Day Sale
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About this Item
eleven hand-coloured lithographs published by Day & Son, London, 1865, including the title page Birds Eye View of the Victoria Falls from the West; The Falls by Sunrise, with the "Spray Cloud" Rising 1200 feet;The Leaping Water or Westernmost Cataract; The Falls from the Western End of the Chasm; Great Western (or Main) Fall; Herd of Buffaloes Driven to the Edge of the Chasm; Centre Rock Fall and the Eastern Cataracts; Zanjueelah, The Boatman of the Rapids; The Falls from the East End of the Chasm to Garden Island;The Falls from the Narrow Neck near the Eastern Headland of The Outlet;The Profile Cliff, Narrow Gorge and Torrent of the Zambesi, below the Falls, all printed "T Baines del"
Literature
Carruthers, Jane and Arnold, Marion. (1996) The Life and Work of Thomas Baines, Cape Town: Fernwood Press. Another example of Great Western (or Main) Fall from the edition illustrated in colour on page 57.
Kennedy, A.F. (1975) Catalogue of Prints in the Africana Museum, Johannesburg, Volume 1, numbers B58-B68. Illustrated.