Livingstone: David Livingstone and the Victorian encounter with Africa / advisory editor John M. MacKenzie
London: National Portrait Gallery, 1996. 1st edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #313154
ISBN: 185514185X
Physical description: 239 pages: illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps, portraits; 29 cm. Notes: "Published for the exhibition, David Livingstone and the Victorian Encounter with Africa, held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 22 March to 7 July 1996, and at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh ... from 26 July to 6 October 1996"--T.p. verso. Text on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-227) and index. Other archival materials: Gallery Records for this exhibition are held in the Exhibition Case Files (series reference: NPG32/231), Heinz Archive & Library, National Portrait Gallery, London. Contents: 1. David Livingstone: A Brief Biographical Account / Tim Jeal -- 2. Livingstone, Self-Help and Scotland / Angus Calder -- 3. David Livingstone and the Culture of Exploration in Mid-Victorian Britain / Felix Driver -- 4. Doctor Livingstone Collects / Jeanne Cannizzo -- 5. Fabricating Africa: Livingstone and the Visual Image 1850-1874 / Tim Barringer -- 6. David Livingstone and the Worldly After-Life: Imperialism and Nationalism in Africa / John M. MacKenzie. Subjects: Livingstone, David 1813-1873; Exhibitions. National Portrait Gallery (London, England); Exhibitions. Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Edinburgh, Scotland); Exhibitions.
Christianity. Floras. Fauna. Exhibitions. Explorers Africa Biography. Livingstone, David 1813-1873 Biography Portrait. Genre: Exhibition catalogs.
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