Cherry Kearton F.R.P.S (1871-1940)
Flashlight Photograph of a Maneless African Lion c.1909

the first wildlife photograph taken with the use of flash, triggered with a trip wire and taken in the African bush, c.1909, matt silver gelatin print, image size, 38 x 30cm, signed in ink recto, together with one unsigned example, together with a large silver gelatin print portrait pasted down to board, image size, 36.5 x 28.6cm, of Kearton holding a young leopard.

Provenance: From the estate of Cherry Kearton.