
Rhyanon Demery
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Henry Bailey was an obscure painter and big game hunter. He wrote and illustrated the book Travel and Adventure in the Congo Free State and its Big Game Shooting, which was published in 1894. He was given the name Bula N'Zau by the natives which translates as 'elephant smasher'. Nine of Bailey's paintings depicting views in Central Africa from the same period as the present lot (1884-1888) can be found in the Government Art Collection.