Stanley Photograph

Description

View Stanley Photograph with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. Besides his discovery of Livingstone, he is mainly known for his search for the sources of the Nile and Congo rivers, the work he undertook as an agent of King Leopold II of the Belgians which enabled the occupation of the Congo Basin region, and his command of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. CABINET: "YOURS TRULY, STANLEY WADE AS H.M. STANLEY," THE AFRICAN EXPLORER WHO FOUND DR. DAVID LIVINGSTONE.   PRESUMBABLY AN ACTOR'S SIGNATURE RE PLAYING HENRY MORTON STANLEY IN A THEATRE PRODUCTION.  PHOTOGRAPHER GEORGE E. HOUGHTON OF MARGATE.    LUCKY BUYER PAYS $5.50 S/H IN USA AND $4 INTERNATIONAL.   Sir Henry Morton Stanley   GCB  (born  John Rowlands ; 28 January 1841 – 10 May 1904) was a  Welsh-American  explorer, journalist, soldier, colonial administrator, author and politician who was famous for his exploration of Central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer  David Livingstone . Besides his discovery of Livingstone, he is mainly known for his search for the sources of the  Nile  and  Congo  rivers, the work he undertook as an agent of  King Leopold II of the Belgians  which enabled the occupation of the  Congo Basin  region, and his command of the  Emin Pasha Relief Expedition . He was  knighted  in 1897, and served in  Parliament  as a  Liberal Unionist  member for  Lambeth North  from 1895 to 1900 Category: Collectibles › Photographic Images › Photographs.

Antique

Yes

Type

Photograph

Photo Type

CABINET

Format

Cabinet Card

Signed

Yes

Region of Origin

ENGLAND

Country of Origin

United Kingdom