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Eduard Zander

Also known as: Eduard Zander; primary name: Zander, Christoph Eduard
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; German; Male
Life dates: 1813-1868
Biography: Topographical draughtsman. Born in the duchy of Anhalt. Travelled in the 1840s with a group of German missionaries, which included the naturalist, Georg Wilhelm Schimper, to Abyssinia where he lived for the rest of his life. He was incarcerated with other Europeans in the fortress at Magdala when the British forces under General Napier invaded Ethiopia in 1868. He married an Ethiopian princess, Essete Work Machado de Choa, and had a daughter Katherina (born 1850) who was the great-grandmother of the actor Peter Ustinov.
Bibliography: Dorothea McEwan, Gerd Gräber and Johannes Hock, 'Das Skizzenbuch Eduard Zanders (1813-1868): Ansichten aus Nordäthiopien (1852-54)', Veröffentlichungen des Stadtarchivs Dessau, Band 4, Dessau, 2006 (publication of sketchbook of 1852/4 in the BM); Dorothea McEwan, 'Eduard Zander. Sein Leben und Wirken in Aethiopien./ His Life and Work in Ethiopia 1847-1868', Veröffentlichungen des Stadtarchivs Dessau-Rosslau, Band 23, 2018

44 related objects

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.32 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.39 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1854

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.7 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.5 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.20 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.33 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1852

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.12 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.22 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.9 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.8 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.6 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.24 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.40 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1854

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.44 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1854

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.36 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.38 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.43 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1854

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.35 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.41 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1854

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.28 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.14 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.23 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.13 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.10 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.18 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.21 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.19 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.3 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.2 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.11 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.37 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.17 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.30 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.4 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.15 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.34 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1849

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.25 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.26 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.27 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.29 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.31 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.42 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1854

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.16 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1853

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1895,0408.6.1 |
Producer name: BIOG51920 Drawn by:Eduard Zander |
Production date: 1852