Strauss & co - 10 November 2014, Johannesburg

22 12 Thomas BAINES south african 1820–1875 The Victoria Falls, Zambesi River, Sketched on the Spot eleven hand-coloured lithographs published by Day & Son, London, 1865, including the title page Birds Eye View of the Victoria Falls from the West ; 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, below the Falls, all printed ‘T Baines del’ image size approximately: 30 by 40 cm each, unframed (11) R40 000–60 000 literature Carruthers, Jane and Arnold, Marion. (1996) The Life and Work of Thomas Baines, Cape Town: Fernwood Press. Another example of Great Western (or Main) Fall from the edition illustrated in colour on page 57. Kennedy, A.F. (1975) Catalogue of Prints in the Africana Museum, Johannesburg , Volume 1, numbers B58–B68. Illustrated.