William Charles Baldwin.
J E Mayall Photo. Joseph Brown sc.
[London, Richard Bentley 1862.]
Rare stipple & etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed, spotted.
Full-length portrait of William Charles Baldwin. (1826-1903), frontispiece to his 'African Hunting: from Natal to the Zambezi' (1863). In 1851 Baldwin sailed for South Africa, taking seven deerhounds. He hunted mainly mounted on horseback, but found the deerhounds little use, so used local dogs, He claimed to be the second white man to set eyes on the Victoria Falls in 1860. He returned to England in 1861.
[Ref: 58532] £75.00
[London, Richard Bentley 1862.]
Rare stipple & etching. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed, spotted.
Full-length portrait of William Charles Baldwin. (1826-1903), frontispiece to his 'African Hunting: from Natal to the Zambezi' (1863). In 1851 Baldwin sailed for South Africa, taking seven deerhounds. He hunted mainly mounted on horseback, but found the deerhounds little use, so used local dogs, He claimed to be the second white man to set eyes on the Victoria Falls in 1860. He returned to England in 1861.
[Ref: 58532] £75.00