W. GORE BROWNE (1859-1928) 'THE NATIVE QUACK'

dated 1909, watercolour, 33cm x 19cm

Wilfred Gore Browne was an Anglican bishop, the first bishop of the Kimberley and Kuruman diocese in southern Africa. He was an accomplished watercolourist whose ethnographic studies largely concerned figures of early 20th century African society. The majority of his works are currently in the McGregor Museum, Kimberley.