Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Richard Lemon Lander (1804-1834), Explored the course of the Niger
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African traveller; brother of John Lander; accompanied Hugh Clapperton to Western Africa, and published a journal and records of Clapperton's last expedition, 1830; explored Niger, 1830-1, of which he published an account; died on second expedition to the Niger, after a fight with natives.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.