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Thomas Baines (27 November 1820 ?C 8 May 1875) was an English artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia. Born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, 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?C1857 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. |
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ID de tableau:: 58213 Aborigines near the mouth of the Victoria River Aborigines near the mouth of the Victoria River
Thomas Baines, Thomas Baines with Aborigines near the mouth of the Victoria River, N.T., 1857: oil on canvas ; 45 x 65.5 cm. National Library of Australia. Thomas Baines, Thomas Baines with Aborigines near the mouth of the Victoria River, N.T., 1857: oil on canvas ; 45 x 65.5 cm. National Library of Australia.
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ID de tableau:: 58214 Baobab Tree Baobab Tree
Baobab Tree, South Africa. Watercolour painted 29 December 1861 Baobab Tree, South Africa. Watercolour painted 29 December 1861
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ID de tableau:: 68496 ett av livingstones storsta ogonblick i afrika ett av livingstones storsta ogonblick i afrika
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ID de tableau:: 74308 Thomas Baines with Aborigines near the mouth of the Victoria River, N.T. Thomas Baines with Aborigines near the mouth of the Victoria River, N.T.
Thomas Baines with Aborigines near the mouth of the Victoria River, N.T.
1857(1857)
Oil on canvas
45 X 65.5 cm (17.72 X 25.79 in)
cjr Thomas Baines with Aborigines near the mouth of the Victoria River, N.T.
1857(1857)
Oil on canvas
45 X 65.5 cm (17.72 X 25.79 in)
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ID de tableau:: 75754 Thomas Baines with Aborigines near the mouth of the Victoria River Thomas Baines with Aborigines near the mouth of the Victoria River
Date 1857(1857)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 45 x 65.5 cm (17.7 x 25.8 in)
cyf Date 1857(1857)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 45 x 65.5 cm (17.7 x 25.8 in)
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Thomas Baines (27 November 1820 ?C 8 May 1875) was an English artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia. Born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, 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?C1857 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.
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