Christy, Cuthbert, 1863 - 1932 (explorer and zoologist)
Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:
A big forest elephant felled with one head shot, Ituri Forest, 1913, 1913
102 x 80 mm. A view showing a dead jungle elephant with three African hunters standing by its head. The caption on the reverse of one of the four duplicates states 'well showing instantaneous effect of a good head shot' (referring to the seated, rather than lying, position of the animal).
A big forest elephant felled with one head shot, Ituri Forest, 1913, 1913
102 x 80 mm. A view showing a dead jungle elephant with three African hunters standing by its head. The caption on the reverse of one of the four duplicates states 'well showing instantaneous effect of a good head shot' (referring to the seated, rather than lying, position of the animal).
A big forest elephant felled with one head shot, Ituri Forest, 1913, 1913
102 x 80 mm. A view showing a dead jungle elephant with three African hunters standing by its head. The caption on the reverse of one of the four duplicates states 'well showing instantaneous effect of a good head shot' (referring to the seated, rather than lying, position of the animal).
A big forest elephant felled with one head shot, Ituri Forest, 1913, 1913
102 x 80 mm. A view showing a dead jungle elephant with three African hunters standing by its head. The caption on the reverse of one of the four duplicates states 'well showing instantaneous effect of a good head shot' (referring to the seated, rather than lying, position of the animal).
A big forest elephant, Ituri Forest, 1913
97 x 75 mm. A view showing Pygmy hunters seated on the corpse of an elephant shot by Christy in the Ituri Forest.
A big forest elephant, Ituri Forest, 1913
97 x 75 mm. A view showing Pygmy hunters seated on the corpse of an elephant shot by Christy in the Ituri Forest.
A big forest elephant, Ituri Forest, 1913
97 x 78 mm. A view showing Pygmy hunters and the corpse of an elephant shot by Christy. Photograph probably by Christy.
A big forest elephant, Ituri Forest, 1913
97 x 78 mm. A view showing Pygmy hunters and the corpse of an elephant shot by Christy. Photograph probably by Christy.
Big forest elephant (tusks weighing 89 and 94 lbs), Ituri Forest, 1913, 1913
101 x 81 mm. A view showing the head and tusks of an elephant shot by Christy.
Big forest elephant (tusks weighing 89 and 94 lbs), Ituri Forest, 1913, 1913
101 x 81 mm. A view showing the head and tusks of an elephant shot by Christy.
Big forest elephant (tusks weighing 89 and 94 lbs), Ituri Forest, 1913, 1913
101 x 81 mm. A view showing the head and tusks of an elephant shot by Christy.
Bush elephant killed at Bodjo, Upper Wele, Congo (Aba-Niangara Road), 1915, 1915
101 x 76 mm. A view showing two Africans standing beside an elephant shot by Christy. In Christy (1924), he states that the tusks weighed between 119 and 120 lbs, but on the back of two copies of this print the figure is given as 97 and 107 lbs. There would appear to be some confusion between this elephant and another featured in this collection.
Bush elephant killed at Bodjo, Upper Wele, Congo (Aba-Niangara Road), 1915, 1915
101 x 76 mm. A view showing two Africans standing beside an elephant shot by Christy. In Christy (1924), he states that the tusks weighed between 119 and 120 lbs, but on the back of two copies of this print the figure is given as 97 and 107 lbs. There would appear to be some confusion between this elephant and another featured in this collection.
Bush elephant killed at Bodjo, Upper Wele, Congo (Aba-Niangara Road), 1915, 1915
101 x 76 mm. A view showing two Africans standing beside an elephant shot by Christy. In Christy (1924), he states that the tusks weighed between 119 and 120 lbs, but on the back of two copies of this print the figure is given as 97 and 107 lbs. There would appear to be some confusion between this elephant and another featured in this collection.
[Congolese village scene], 1903
170 x 118 mm. A view showing a group of Africans seated on the ground in front of a row of huts. Photograph probably by Cuthbert Christy.
[Congolese woman], 1903
118 x 170 mm. A half length portrait of a Congolese woman showing the symmetrical decorative raised scars on belly and chest. Photograph probably by Cuthbert Christy.
[Congolese woman], 1903
118 x 169 mm. A half-length portrait of two Congolese women showing different patterns of decorative scarring on belly and chest. Photograph probably by Cuthbert Christy.
[Congolese youth with leprous sores 1903], 1903
187 x 241 mm. A view showing a Congolese youth with very large open sores on face and body. Disease unidentified. Photograph probably by Cuthbert Christy.
[Congolese youth with leprous sores 1903], 1903
181 x 233 mm. A view showing a Congolese youth with very large open sores on face and body. Disease unidentified. Photograph probably by Cuthbert Christy.
[European and Africans Congo (n.d.)]
85 x 72 mm. A view showing an unidentified heavily bearded European standing in the centre of a group of Pygmies. Photographer unknown, possibly Christy.
Island camp on the Ituri River, (? 1913), 1913
102 x 81 mm. A view showing one of Christy's camps in the Congo. In the foreground one of his servants holds a large elephant tusk towards the camera.
Island camp on the Ituri River, (? 1913), 1913
102 x 81 mm. A view showing one of Christy's camps in the Congo. In the foreground one of his servants holds a large elephant tusk towards the camera.
Island camp on the Ituri River, (? 1913), 1913
102 x 81 mm. A view showing one of Christy's camps in the Congo. In the foreground one of his servants holds a large elephant tusk towards the camera.
Old female Chimpanzee, Ituri Forest, 1913, 1913
100 x 78 mm. A view showing a large female chimpanzee, shot by Christy and held up to be photographed by his tent boy.
[Sleeping Sickness Commission members, Congo 1903-1904], 1903 - 1904
102 x 76 mm. A view showing the four members of the Congo Sleeping Sickness Commission standing in front of a cage covered in gauze, presumably built to store captured tsetse flies. The figures are, from left to right, Dr John Lancelot Todd (1876-1949), Dr Inge Heiberg, representing the Congo Government on the Commission, Cuthbert Christy and Dr Joseph Everett Dutton (1874-1905). Photographer unknown.