The Art of African Exploration
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The Falls by sunrise, with the "spray cloud" rising 1,000 feet

The Falls by sunrise, with the
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  From:
The Victoria Falls, Zambesi River: sketched on the spot

Thomas Baines 1820-1875
London, Day & Son, limited, lithographers & publishers,, 1865.

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In 1862 British artist and explorer Thomas Baines visited the Falls and created lushly rendered paintings of the site. These works were exhibited, published as chromolithographs, and made into lantern slides.
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