Description
Major-General James MacDonald Vanity Fair Print 1876
Original Vanity Fair Print Lithograph with the caption at the bottom of the print: Jim
Published: 01-Apr-1876 Signed by: JTJ, James Tissot . Dimensions approximately 26cm x 38cm.
He was a Scottish engineer, explorer and cartographer. He served as a British Army engineer, rose to the rank of Brigadier-General and was knighted. A balloon observer as a young man, he surveyed for railways in India and East Africa, explored the upper Nile region, commanded balloon sections during wars in South Africa and China and led a major expedition into Tibet in 1903–1904 supporting and later leading Younghusband’s Expedition
Note that these lithograph prints are all in excess of 100 years old. There may be minor imperfections commensurate with age. Please do not hesitate to ask questions about shipping or condition.
