Sir Samuel White Baker
5 of 12 portraits of Sir Samuel White Baker
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Samuel White Baker
by Maull & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
3 1/2 in. x 2 3/8 in. (90 mm x 59 mm)
Acquired from Clive Holland, 1959
Photographs Collection
NPG x369
Sitterback to top
- Sir Samuel White Baker (1821-1893), Traveller and sportsman. Sitter in 12 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Maull & Co (active 1865-1877), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 112 portraits.
This portraitback to top
These cartes-de-visite show Baker before of a studio backdrop suggestive of Africa among the grim trophies of his extensive hunting trips.
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- The Search for the Source of the Nile (28 January 2008 - 27 July 2008)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1863back to top
Current affairs
The opening of the world's first underground railway, with the Metropolitan Railway running trains between Bishop's Street, Padington and Farringdon. Work had begun in 1860, using the 'cut-and-cover' method of construction. The Metropolitan line inspired the construction of other underground railways - the Parisian 'Metro' took its name from the line.The Football Association is founded.
Art and science
Julia Margaret Cameron takes up photography, taking portraits of some of the most celebrated figures of the day, with her romantic style capturing the sense of nostalgia and longing that characterised the age.Kingsley's Water Babies; A Fairy Tale for Children is published, the hugely popular tale of drowned chimney sweep Tom's moral education in the river world of the water babies. It inspired the 1978 film starring James Mason.
International
At an international conference, the Geneva Public Welfare Society calls on the sixteen nations present to form voluntary units to help the wartime wounded. The society, comprised of five Swiss citizens and led by Henri Dunant, who had been deeply affected by the casualties he had witnessed at the Battle of Solferino, became the National Red Cross Societies, adopting the emblem of a red cross on white background.Comments back to top
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