Wonderful Historical Thomas Baines (1820-1875) Buffalo Weaver Print Carlton Hotel 1972 Africana Museum Johannesburg

A PRINT OF A THOMAS BAINES (1820-1875) PAINTING DEPICTING BUFFALO WEAVERS DONE ORIGINALLY IN THE YEAR 1864. INTERESTING FOR ME IS THE OVERSIZED THORNS.
 
IT WAS HANGING IN ONE OF THE HALLWAYS OF THE FAMOUS CARLTON HOTEL WHEN IT OPENED IN 1972. THE CARLTON HOTEL CLOSED DOWN IN 1998 AFTER THE CBD OF JOBURG COLLAPSED LIKE SO MANY THING IN THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA. IT IS ALSO MARKED ON THE RIGHT AFRICANA MUSEUM JOHANNESBURG NO KNOWN AS MUSEUM AFRICA THIS PRINT WAS THROWN OUT TO MAKE WAY FOR HISTORICAL ITEMS OF THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA. (Thomas Baines was not seen as part of the history of South Africa anymore)
 
FROM 1861 TO 1864 BAINES UNDERTOOK AN EXPEDITION TO SOUTH WEST AFRICA. A TOTAL OF NINETY PAINTINGS DEPICTING BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA WAS EXECUTED BY THOMAS BAINES, WITH THIS BEING ONE SUCH PAINTING.
 
SIZE WITH FRAME: 52CM WIDE 44CM HIGH
SIZE PRINT: 36CM WIDE 28CM HIGH
 
CONDITION: FUNGI SPOTS IN LOWER RIGHT CORNER ON OUTER BOARD VISIBLE PRINT ITSELF IS CLEAR AND IN GOOD CONDITION. A NEW FRAMING WILL DO THE TRICK TO GET RID OF THIS UGLY SPOT.
 
THOMAS BAINES:
John Thomas Baines (27 November 1820 8 May 1875) was one of the most prolific artists who painted in South Africa in the mid-19th century. He left England for South Africa and arrived in Cape Town on 23 November 1842. He worked first as a painter for a cabinet-maker in Cape Town, and later as a marine and portrait painter. Baines based himself in the Eastern Cape between 1848 and 1853 and from there he undertook three journeys to the interior. His first journey was beyond the Orange River (1848), beyond the Kei River and over the Winterberg (1849) and an attempt to reach the Okavango Swamps (1850). He became South Africas first official war artist and recorded the Eighth Frontier War (1850-1853). Baines is known for his detailed paintings and sketches which give a unique insight into colonial life in southern Africa.
 
CARLTON HOTEL:
The Carlton Hotel is a historic hotel in the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa. It opened in 1972 and closed a meer 30 years later in 1998. The hotel was grand, by all accounts, it had 31 storeys, more than 600 rooms, a rooftop pool, and several fancy restaurants and shops. Only the richest South Africans could afford to stay there. Less than 30 years later, in 1998, the Carlton Hotel was closed and mothballed as the CBD collapsed around it. The Carlton has never re-opened.
 
AFRICANA MUSEUM:
This massive steel structure, built in 1913, was designed by the town engineer G.S. Burt Andrews. It was manufactured in Britain and is a fine example of industrial architecture. The Newtown Market Building ceased to operate in 1974. From 1976 it was used and redeveloped by the Africana Museum, which reopened in 1994 a Museum Africa. 
 
BUFFALO WEAVERS:
Red-billed buffalo weavers breed in colonies. The nests are composed of an enormous mass of thorny twigs. These twigs are divided into separate lodges (compartments), each with multiple egg chambers. Red-billed Buffalo Weavers are polygynous (the breeding practice of a male breeding with more than one female at the same time) and colonial. A typical male Red-billed Buffalo Weaver will have up to eight nest chambers and numerous females.
 
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