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The Falls from the east end of the chasm to Garden Island

The Falls from the east end of the chasm to Garden Island,  Image number:SIL28-274-08
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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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