Important Paintings, Furniture, Silver and Ceramics

Live Auction, 8 October 2009

Part II - Paintings, Watercolours, Prints and Sculpture

Sold for

ZAR 94 690
Lot 247
  • Thomas Baines; The Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, sketched on the spot
  • Thomas Baines; The Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, sketched on the spot
  • Thomas Baines; The Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, sketched on the spot
  • Thomas Baines; The Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, sketched on the spot
  • Thomas Baines; The Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, sketched on the spot
  • Thomas Baines; The Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, sketched on the spot
  • Thomas Baines; The Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, sketched on the spot
  • Thomas Baines; The Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, sketched on the spot
  • Thomas Baines; The Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, sketched on the spot


Lot Estimate
ZAR 50 000 - 70 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 94 690

About this Item

British 1820-1875
The Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, sketched on the spot

ten coloured lithographs published by Day & Son, London 1865, all inscribed "T Baines del",  including: 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

lithograph in colour
each approximately 27 by 40cm

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