| Southwell Brothers John Hanning Speke (1827-1864) 1864 (or later) Carbon print, sepia-toned 23 ins x 18 1/8 ins (58.4 x 46 cm) National Portrait Gallery - NPG Purchased, 1996, NPG P658 LL/39512 This version of the photograph is included in Wikipedia (October 2010).
Curatorial notes from the National Portrait Gallery
An engraving of this photograph was used as the frontispiece to Speke's Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile (1863). Speke is shown in his expedition clothes with sextant and shotgun. The studio backdrop shows an imaginary view of Lake Victoria.
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