Lot Essay
Although painted in South West Africa in 1861, shortly before Baines set out on Chapman's Zambesi expedition, the subject is from Livingstone's Zambesi expedition of 1858-9.
Baobab Trees, near Tete
Details
Thomas Baines (1820-1875)
Baobab Trees, near Tete
signed, inscribed and dated 'Baobab trees/near Tete/T Baines/Walvisch Bay/May 7 1861/natives carrying/bundles of small poles/for building houses' (lower left)
watercolour, unframed
10 x 14in. (25.4 x 35.6cm.)
Baobab Trees, near Tete
signed, inscribed and dated 'Baobab trees/near Tete/T Baines/Walvisch Bay/May 7 1861/natives carrying/bundles of small poles/for building houses' (lower left)
watercolour, unframed
10 x 14in. (25.4 x 35.6cm.)
Provenance
Charles John Andersson (1827-1867) and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
J.P.R. Wallis, Thomas Baines, Cape Town, 1976, illustrated in colour opposite p.17.