Caption:
William John Burchell (1782-1863), English explorer and naturalist - drawing by John Sell Cotman [1782-1842]. Burchell travelled in Africa between 1810 and 1815, collecting over 50,000 specimens. He described his journey in Travels in the interior of southern Africa (1822-4). The African Adventure - A History of Africa's Explorers by Timothy Severin page 169.