Johnston, Sir Henry "Harry" Hamilton

Explorer, colonial administrator, writer and artist, Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston (1858–1927), known as Harry, illustrated bo...

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Explorer, colonial administrator, writer and artist, Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston (1858–1927), known as Harry, illustrated both the birds and the peoples he met on his travels, and this group shows both sides of his work. The bird plates cover Madagascar, Guatemala and the Mediterranean, while the studies of people take in Kenya, southern Africa and Haiti, most of them dated around 1900 and 1927. The African scenes pay close attention to dress, hair and personal adornment, and the Haitian plate shows a tree that its caption links with beliefs about the dead. The captions keep the terminology and assumptions of their original publications.

Explorer, colonial administrator, writer and artist, Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston (1858–1927), known as Harry, illustrated both the birds and the peoples he met on his travels, and this group shows both sides of his work. The bird plates cover Madagascar, Guatemala and the Mediterranean, while the studies of people take in Kenya, southern Africa and Haiti, most of them dated around 1900 and 1927. The African scenes pay close attention to dress, hair and personal adornment, and the Haitian plate shows a tree that its caption links with beliefs about the dead. The captions keep the terminology and assumptions of their original publications.

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