# PLATE 3156 ZANJUEEAL, THE BOATMAN OF THE ZAMBEZI RAPIDS
THOMAS BAINES AND THE VICTORIA FALLS EXPLORATION
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(John) Thomas Baines
(27 November 1820 – 8 May 1875)
An English artist and explorer of Southern Africa and Australia.
Baines is best known for his detailed paintings and sketches which give a unique insight into the explorer’s colourful life.
Born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, on 27 November 1820, Baines was apprenticed to a coach painter at an early age. When he was 22 he left England for South Africa aboard the "Olivia" (captained by a family friend William Roome) and worked for a while in Cape Town as a scenic and portrait artist, and as official war artist during the so-called Eighth Frontier War for the British Army.
In 1855 Baines joined Augustus Gregory's 1855–1857 Royal Geographical Society sponsored expedition across northern Australia as official artist and storekeeper. The expedition's purpose was to explore the Victoria River district in the north-west and to evaluate the entire northern area of Australia in terms of its suitability for colonial settlement. His association with the North Australian Expedition was the highpoint of his career, and he was warmly commended for his contribution to it, to the extent that Mount Baines and the Baines River were named in his honour.
In 1858 Baines accompanied David Livingstone along the Zambezi, and was one of the first white men to view Victoria Falls. The much treasured views depicted here offer a unique perspective on much loved areas of the Falls that are a constant for frequent visitors.
From 1861 to 1862 Baines and James Chapman undertook an expedition to South West Africa. Chapman's Travels in the Interior of South Africa (1868) and Baines' Explorations in South-West Africa (1864), provide a rare account of different perspectives on the same trip. This was the first expedition during which extensive use was made of both photography and painting, and in addition both men kept journals in which, amongst other things, they commented on their own and each other's practice.
Baines made some of the drawings for the engravings illustrating Alfred Russel Wallace's 1869 book The Malay Archipelago.
In 1870 Baines was granted a concession to explore for gold between the Gweru and Hunyani rivers by Lobengula, leader of the Matabele nation.
Many of his pictures are held by the National Library of Australia, National Archives of Zimbabwe, National Maritime Museum, Brenthurst Library and the Royal Geographical Society. There are also numerous paintings at the Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town.
The Thomas Baines Nature Reserve in the Eastern Cape of South Africa was also named after him.
AFRICAN FOOTNOTE
Thomas Baines died in Durban on 8 May 1875 and is buried in West Street Cemetery.
#PLATE 3158 THE FALLS AT SUNRISE, WITH THE SPRAY CLOUD RISING
#PLATE 3159
THE FAMOUS DEVIL’S CATARACT
#PLATE 3160 THE FALLS FROM DEVIL’S CATARACT
#PLATE 3161 GREAT WESTERN MAIN FALLS
#PLATE 3162 HERD OF BUFFALO DRIVEN TO THE EDGE OF THE CATARACT
#PLATE 3163 CENTRE ROCK FALLS AND THE EASTERN CATARACT
#PLATE 3164 THE FALLS FROM THE EAST LOOKING TOWARDS GARDEN ISLAND
#PLATE 3165 THE FALLS FROM THE EASTERN HEADLAND
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#PLATE 3156 ZANJUEELAH, THE BOATMAN OF THE ZAMBEZI RAPIDS
#PLATE 3158 THE FALLS AT SUNRISE, WITH THE SPRAY CLOUD RISING
#PLATE 3159 THE FAMOUS DEVIL’S CATARACT
#PLATE 3160 THE FALLS FROM DEVIL’S CATARACT
#PLATE 3161 GREAT WESTERN MAIN FALLS
#PLATE 3162 HERD OF BUFFALO DRIVEN TO THE EDGE OF THE CATARACT
#PLATE 3163 CENTRE ROCK FALLS AND THE EASTERN CATARACT
#PLATE 3164 THE FALLS FROM THE EAST LOOKING TOWARDS GARDEN ISLAND
#PLATE 3165 THE FALLS FROM THE EASTERN HEADLAND
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