The condition is good with some slight marks and surface dirt, primarily to the sky. There is a crease to the lower right corner including some paint loss at the extreme corner. There is a pinhole at the centre of the upper edge, a small paint loss at the left of the upper edge, and a fingerprint from the time of painting at the top of the left edge.
11.5 x 15.3cm (4.5" x 6")Sheet: 13.2 x 17cm (5.2" x 6.7")
Thomas Baines (1820-1875) was a British painter of figures and landscapes and an explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia. When he was twenty-two, he left England for South Africa aboard the 'Olivia' and worked for a while in Cape Town as a landscape and portrait artist, and as an official war artist during the so-called Eighth Frontier War for the British Army.
In 1855 Baines joined Augustus Gregory's 1855-1857 Royal Geographical Society sponsored expedition across northern Australia as official artist and storekeeper. The expedition's purpose was to explore the Victoria River district in the north-west and to evaluate the entire northern area of Australia in terms of its suitability for colonial settlement.
In 1858 Baines accompanied David Livingstone (1813-1873) along the Zambezi, and was one of the first white men to view Victoria Falls. In 1869 Baines led one of the first gold prospecting expeditions to Mashonaland in what later became Rhodesia.
From 1861 to 1862 Baines and James Chapman undertook an expedition to South West Africa. Chapman's 'Travels in the Interior of South Africa' (1868) and Baines's 'Explorations in South-West Africa' (1864), provide a rare account of different perspectives on the same trip. This was the first expedition during which extensive use was made of both photography and painting. Baines is today best known for his detailed paintings and sketches which give a unique insight into colonial life in southern Africa and Australia. Many of his pictures are held by the National Library of Australia, National Archives of Zimbabwe, National Maritime Museum, Brenthurst Library and the Royal Geographical Society. There are also numerous paintings at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town.
Gqeberha, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
| SKU | qr958 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Thomas Baines FRGS (1820-1875) |
| Date | 1848 |
| Dimensions | 11.5 x 15.3cm |
| Medium | Oil |
| Subject | Architecture & Cityscapes |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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