Scottish explorer and missionary (1813–1873)

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Henry Morton Stanley meeting David Livingstone at Ujiji, in Africa. Coloured wood engraving by H. Hall after H.M. Stanley, ca.1872.

David Livingstone, seated looking to the left. Engraving by J. Cochran after J. Mayall.

David Livingstone's house at Hamilton, Scotland. Coloured lithograph.

David Livingstone (?) and his followers on a boat, attacked by hippopotamus. Lithograph.

David Livingstone arriving at Lake Ngami in 1849. Lithograph.

Lake Ngami: Africans and European explorers on its bank. Wood engraving by J.W. Whymper after A. Rider.

David Livingtone's followers, Susi and Chuma, pictured with his former possessions. Photograph, ca. 1873.

David Livingstone, suffering from fever, carried above water on the shoulders of one of his men. Wood engraving after J.B. Zwecker.

David Livingstone. Lithograph by J. A. Vinter after Monson.

Henry Morton Stanley and David Livingstone on Lake Tanganyika. Lithograph.

The procession following the coffin of David Livingstone in Southampton in 1873. Wood engraving by G. Durand.

David Livingstone, seated on the ground, reading from the Bible to two African followers. Wood engraving and letterpress, 1874.

David Livingstone. Photograph.

David Livingstone, holding a gun, attacked by a lion; Africans and a missionary in the foreground. Etching.

David Livingstone. Stipple engraving by W. Holl after H. Phillips.

The meeting between David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley in Africa, 28 October 1872. Coloured wood engraving after G. Durand.

Missionary travels and researches in South Africa : including a sketch of sixteen years' residence in the interior of Africa ... / by David Livingstone.

A crocodile emerging from the Zambezi river and biting off a woman's leg. Chromolithograph, 18--.

A woman attacked by a crocodile emerging from the water, in central Africa. Lithograph, 1874.

The last journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, from 1865 to his death : continued by a narrative of his last moments and sufferings, obtained from his faithful servants, Chuma and Susi / by Horace Waller.

David Livingstone's Shire journal, 1861-1864 / edited by Gary W. Clendennen ; foreword by George A. Shepperson.

Livingstone's private journals, 1851-1853 / edited with an introduction by I. Schapera.

Family letters, 1841-1856 / edited with an introduction by I. Schapera.

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David Livingstone

Images from the collections

Images by David Livingstone

Images featuring David Livingstone

Works from the collections

The last journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, from 1865 to his death : continued by a narrative of his last moments and sufferings, obtained from his faithful servants, Chuma and Susi / by Horace Waller.

David Livingstone's Shire journal, 1861-1864 / edited by Gary W. Clendennen ; foreword by George A. Shepperson.

Livingstone's private journals, 1851-1853 / edited with an introduction by I. Schapera.

Family letters, 1841-1856 / edited with an introduction by I. Schapera.

A woman attacked by a crocodile emerging from the water, in central Africa. Lithograph, 1874.

David Livingstone

Images from the collections

Images by David Livingstone

Images featuring David Livingstone

Works from the collections

The last journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, from 1865 to his death : continued by a narrative of his last moments and sufferings, obtained from his faithful servants, Chuma and Susi / by Horace Waller.

David Livingstone's Shire journal, 1861-1864 / edited by Gary W. Clendennen ; foreword by George A. Shepperson.

Livingstone's private journals, 1851-1853 / edited with an introduction by I. Schapera.

Family letters, 1841-1856 / edited with an introduction by I. Schapera.

A woman attacked by a crocodile emerging from the water, in central Africa. Lithograph, 1874.

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