Lot 61: Ward (Herbert, 1863-1919). Head of an African man,

Ward (Herbert, 1863-1919). Head of an African man, 1901, watercolour, signed and dated lower right, 28 x 24cm (11 x 9.5ins), framed and glazed. Herbert Ward was an explorer and painter-sculptor, and one of the first collectors of African art. From 1884 to 1889 he was in the Congo, as Commander of the Bangala Trading Post during H.M. Stanley's expedition to reach Emin Pasha in the Sudan. In the 1890s he studied painting at the Académie Julian in Paris. (1)
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