Coryton with shot lion
35 mm | Negative film Kodak Panatonic
Same Image As:
2004.131.71.280
Previous PRM Number:
WT.Southern Sudan.9.4
Accession Number:
2004.130.36023.1
Description:
George Coryton, the Governor of Upper Nile Province, with a lion Thesiger shot in the Western Nuer District.
Thesiger wrote that he was 'a tall man in obviously hard condition, with a quiet, friendly manner, who quickly made me feel at home.'
Photographer:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Date of Photo:
1938
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Wahda
Group:
European English
NamedPerson:
George Coryton
PRM Source:
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger
Acquired:
Accepted as Art in Lieu of Inheritance Tax by H.M. Government and allocated to the Pitt Rivers Museum, March 2004
Other Owners:
n/a
Class:
Fauna , Weapon , Hunting
Keyword:
Animal Lion , Firearm
Primary Documentation:
Manual Catalogue (Thesiger album card) - 'VOL E p.
34/LION shot by me in the Western Nuer District/top L.
G.
Coryton, the Governor.' [Elin Bornemann 25/5/2004]
Other Information:
In The Life of My Choice (Harper Collins 1987) Thesiger notes (page 261) 'That first night we dined with George Coryton, the Provincial Governor, a tall man in obviously hard condition, with a quiet, friendly manner, who quickly made me feel at home.' Chris Morton [21/9/2004]
Recorder:
Elin Bornemann [11/12/2003] Christopher Morton [21/9/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]
