Strauss & co - 8 October 2009, Cape Town

114 Part Lot 247 Thomas Baines S OUTH A FRICAN 1820-1875 The Victoria Falls, Zambezi River, sketched on the spot Ten hand-coloured lithographs published by Day and Son, London, 1865, 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 all inscribed “T. Baines del”, framed each approximately 27 by 40cm (10) R50 000 – 70 000