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Title
A Baobab near the Bank of the Lue
Date
1858
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 54.5 x W 75 cm
Accession number
MO 104
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
BAOBAB near the bank of the Lue, a tributary of the Zambesi River above Kabrabasi. It seems to consist of three original stems now united as they have grown up. The whole group is 17 yards in circumference and two of the stems now united In 18 feet from the ground 13 yards. Novr 27 1858