(John) Thomas Baines was an English artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia.
Portrait of Thomas Baines, ca 1860s; 37 x 29.4 cm. National Library of Australia
Thomas Baines, Thomas Baines with Aborigines near the mouth of the Victoria River, N.T., 1857: oil on canvas ; 45 x 65.5 cm. National Library of Australia
Self-portrait at age 38. Oil on canvas. William Fehr Collection
Baobab Tree, South Africa. Watercolour, 29 December 1861
The Xhosa Wars were a series of nine wars between the Xhosa Kingdom and the British Empire as well as Trekboers in what is now the Eastern Cape in South Africa. These events were the longest-running military resistance against European colonialism in Africa.
A column of Xhosa warriors, crossing a ravine in the frontier mountains
Sir Andries Stockenström, 1st Baronet, and veteran of several Xhosa wars
The Fengu ("Fingoes"), known across southern Africa as skilled gunmen, were invaluable allies of the Cape Colony in its frontier wars.
Shoot-out between Xhosa and long, slow-moving British army column.