Elephant Hunt

This painting depicts Abyssinians hunting an elephant. Baines painted imaginary depictions of the Abyssinian campaign of General Napier in 1867, although he never visited Abyssinia. While the painting does have 'Oil painting, Elephant Hunt, by Thomas Baines' inscribed on the back, there is the possibility that this painting was the work of Henry Baines who painted several African scenes 'After Thomas Baines'. The style of this painting perhaps more closely resembles Henry than Thomas Baines.