HEYWOOD WALTER SETON-KARR (BRITISH 1859 - 1938), LUXOR, EGYPT watercolour on paper, signed and dated 5/2/1905 24cm x 36.5cm Framed and under glass Note: Heywood Walter Seton-Karr, was a British Explorer and collector of archaeological artefacts. A former captain of the Gordon Highlanders, one of the British Army's most celebrated regiments. After a university education at Oxford he served in the British Army in Egypt. He went on to travel widely in Africa and Asia and the large collection of artefacts that he amassed were distributed to museums throughout the world Along with his sketches, Seton-Karr kept a journal which he published in London in 1887, titled ''Shores and Alps of Alaska.'' Seton-Karr was a working member of the Society for the Preservation of Art in 1900 and exhibited works at the Army Officers' Art Society in the 1930's. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and authored several books on travel and big game hunting.