Title
Hunting & other sketches in Central Africa, the Congo, Kwilu, & south west coast district
Title Variants
Alternative:
Hunting and other sketches in Central Africa, the Congo, Kwilu, & south west coast district
Alternative:
Original sketches of the Congo, 1884-88
By
N'zau, Bula.
N'zau, Bula.
, Travel and adventures in the Congo Free State and its big game shooting
Smithsonian Field Book Project.
Type
Collection
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1884-1888
Notes
The title, provided by Bailey, appears in ms. pencil on the verso of the front free endpaper of the album.
Most of the images have captions supplied in ms. pencil or ink.
The hand-drawn, colored map has the title: Survey from Mussabe to N'Kula Maceilo including Luemme R. and country on north bank. Red lines show routes taken by Captn. H.P. Bailey Capt. 1st Oct. 1885.
Some of the drawings were later reproduced in Bailey's book, Travel and adventures in the Congo Free State and its big game shooting.
Digitized as part of the Smithsonian Field Book Project.
Collection of sketches, watercolors, and photographs by Henry P. Bailey (who wrote under the pseudonym Bula N'zau), depicting hunting scenes, landscapes, portraits, and ethnographic materials. The items in the album were created or collected by him during his travels in Central Africa.
Forms part of: Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries).
Subjects
Africa, Central
,
N'zau, Bula
,
Pictorial works
,
Sketchbooks
,
Travel
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Call Number
DT351.5 .N93 1884
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
60714917
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51401103
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