Scope and Contents 40 x 65 mm. (Vignetted oval). A carte de visite head and shoulders, three quarters profile studio portrait of the missionary and British official John Smith Moffatt C.M.G (1835-1918), the son of Robert Moffatt. Born at Kuruman, Moffat went to England in 1850 and was ordained and accepted by the L.M.S. in 1857. In the event however he returned to Africa as a freelance missionary and worked, with little success in Matabeleland and Inyati from 1868-63. He had rejoined the L.M.S. in 1864 and...

Scope and Contents 103 x 148 mm. A head and shoulders portrait of Kataruba wearing a polo-necked jersey.

Scope and Contents 103 x 148 mm. A head and shoulders portrait of the lightly bearded Namkaddi, wearing a polo-necked jersey and with a tunic knotted at the shoulder.

Scope and Contents 103 x 148 mm. A head and shoulders portrait of Sawaddu, wearing a polo-necked jersey.

Scope and Contents Three cabinet portraits, approximately 105 x 150 mm, with letterpress captions on the mounts beneath the prints. King Mutesa I of Buganda requested the Church Missionary Society to take the three envoys seen here on a mission to Queen Victoria, with what expected result is not entirely clear. The three men left with missionaries Wilson and Felkin on May 17th 1879. On arrival in England, they were granted an audience with Queen Victoria and were duly impressed with the size and grandeur of...