Description
The Late Reverend David Livingstone’ is an original 1874 Graphic Newspaper. Printed from a wood engraving of a portrait of Scottish Congregationalist and original missionary and African explorer, David Livingstone during the Victorian era.
Annotation
An original Graphic Newspaper featuring the portrait of the Late Dr. David Livingstone dated 1874. bookplate from 1903, 1st edition book titled, “The Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant”. There were 1,900 copies printed. This image is from the Frontispiece from The Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant. Below the engraving is the facsimile signature, the text below the signature is clearly readable: ‘Eng. Barl’ (lower left) Photo by Sarsony (lower right) Lower left – high quality – no foxing
About Dr. David Livingstone
The Late Reverend David Livingstone’ is an original 1874 black and white wood engraving of a portrait of Scottish Congregationalist and original missionary and African explorer, David Livingstone during the Victorian era.
David Livingstone was a pioneer. He had a mythical status that operated on a number of interconnected levels; Protestant missionary martyr, working-class “rags to riches “ inspirational story, scientific investigator and explorer, imperial reformer, anti-slavery crusader and advocate of commercial colonial expansion.
His fame as an explorer and his obsession with discovering the sources of the River Nile was founded on the belief that if he could solve that age-old mystery, his fame would give him the influence to end the East African Arab-Swahili slave trade. “The Nile sources, “ he told a friend, “are valuable only as a means of opening my mouth with power among men. It is this power which I hope to remedy an immense evil.” His subsequent exploration of the central African watershed was the culmination of the classic period of European discovery and colonial penetration. At the same time, his missionary travels,” disappearance “ and eventual death in Africa – and subsequent glorification as a posthumous national hero in 1874 – led to the founding of several major central African Christian missionary initiatives carried forward in the era of the European scramble for Africa.
His meeting with Henry Morton Stanley on November 10th, 1871 gave rise to the popular quotation “ Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” [wiki]
Condition
The Graphic was founded by William Luson Thomas, a successful artist, wood engraver, and social reformer. Earlier he, his brother, and his brother-in-law had been persuaded to go to New York and assist in launching two newspapers, Picture Gallery and Republic. Thomas also had an engraving establishment of his own and, aided by a large staff, illustrated and engraved numerous standard works. Exasperated, even angered, by the unsympathetic treatment of artists by the world’s most successful illustrated paper, The Illustrated London News, and having a good business sense Luson Thomas resolved to set up an opposition. His illustrated paper, despite being more expensive than its competition, became an immediate success. [wiki]
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