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William Cornwallis Harris Books

Major Sir William Cornwallis Harris (1807 - 1848) was an English military engineer, artist and hunter. The sable antelope was originally known as the Harris Buck after Cornwallis Harris.

William Cornwallis Harris

The Wild Sports Of Southern Africa by William Cornwallis Harris (1839) was the very first book to talk about sport hunting in Africa.

Narrative Of An Expedition Into Southern Africa During The Years 1836 And 1837 by William Cornwallis Harris (1838) is the first work to describe a hunting safari and presents a detailed picture of the African hunting fields prior to the great changes of the mid-Victorian period.

Portraits Of The Game And Wild Animals Of Southern Africa by William Cornwallis Harris (1840). Harris was an accomplished writer and an observant and reliable naturalist, as can be seen by the remarkable detail in the comprehensive captions to his portraits. He was the first to bring to the attention of the western naturalists the existence of the sable antelope called for sometime afterwards, Harris' buck. While some of his paintings, particularly those of the elephant and the hippopotamus, are undoubtedly not accurate depictions, it must be remembered that these were completed after his hunting trip.

Highlands of Aethiopia by William Cornwallis Harris (1844). While this is truly an epic of travel and exploration, there are two sporting incidents of note with a huge buffalo bagged near the Casam River and elephant taken in Galla country.

William Cornwallis Harris Lithographs

Cornwallis Harris Lithographs Original hand colour. Very good condition. Size: 35 x 53 cm. From 'Portraits Of The Game And Wild Animals Of Southern Africa'. This is one of the rarest and most important works on large African Game. This folio was published in five parts containing in total 30 colour plates of the animals in their own habitat that Harris encountered while traveling and hunting in Africa.

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