Kirk, Sir (John, 1832-1922, Knight, naturalist and administrator)
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1936 - Kirk, Sir John, 1832-1922, 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011T/13
Scope and Contents
149 x 202 mm. Photographic copy of a head and shoulders painting by Alexander H. Kirk, 1915. After servingas Chief Officer on the Livingstone Zambesi Expedition of 1858-63, he obtained a position in 1866 as Medical Officer at the British Consulate in Zanzibar. He served in Zanzibar as Political Agent and Consul General from 1873-87. National Portait Gallery photograph.
Dates:
1936
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Miscellaneous Portraits