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Lieutenant-Colonel R. Baigrie, 19th Century
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Lieutenant-Colonel R. Baigrie, 19th Century

A column of troops with elephants passing the fortress of Amba Aladjie, Abyssinia

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Lieutenant-Colonel R. Baigrie, 19th Century
A column of troops with elephants passing the fortress of Amba Aladjie, Abyssinia
inscribed '7541./9326E.E.' (lower left)
pencil, brown ink and wash
18¾ x 13½ in. (47.6 x 34.3 cm.)
Provenance
Sotheby's sale; London, 17 December 1979, lot 60.
Literature
A woodcut after this watercolour was published in the Illustrated London News and again by R. Acton in The Abyssinian Expedition, (London, 1868), p. 49.
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Lot Essay

This watercolour is one of thirty painted by Lt. Col. R. Baigrie during preliminary reconnaissance of the route into Abyssinia in the autumn of 1867. His paintings often give information, such as measurements of heights and distances, and topographical details that might assist an army invading unknown territory.

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