Killalu, Djibouti: camels and cattle drinking at a pool in a valley, watched by herders. Coloured lithograph by L. Rottmann after J.M. Bernatz.
- Bernatz, Johann Martin, 1802-1878.
- Date:
- [1852-1855]
- Reference:
- 3015910i
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Description
Described by Kirk, op. cit., pp. 228-229, giving place name as "Killele". He mentions cattle, sheep and goats drinking at the pool, but not camels
Publication/Creation
[London] : [F.G. Moon] ; [Munich] : [The author], [1852-1855]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 23.6 x 34.4 cm
Lettering
Valley of Killalu. J.M. Bernatz del. Leop. Rottmann lith
Bears number: XV
References note
R. Kirk, 'Report on the route from Tajurra to Ankóbar, travelled by the Mission to Shwá, under charge of Captain W. C. Harris, Engineers, 1841 (close of the dry season)', Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 1842, 12: 221-238
Not in: J.R. Abbey, Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860, vol. I, London, 1957, though mentioned on p. 258, under no. 291 (W.C. Harris, The highlands of Aethiopia, 1844)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3015910i
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Location Status Access Closed stores