Accompanying him was another intrepid explorer Alexander Burnes of Scotland.
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| The Kuzzelbash of Kabul, Watercolour, Afghanistan, 1836, Pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour, Victoria and Albert Museum |
"Vigne got himself out of tight spots by drawing pictures, usually for alarmed villagers or angry chieftains, who would swing from 'fury to a chuckle' on seeing their faces rendered in watercolour. 'I put them in good humor by scratching off two or three caricature portraits, and distributing a little medicine.' As war brewed, Vigne escaped unnoticed; the flamboyant Burnes was later cut to pieces by an angry mob."
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Quote from "Explorer's Sketchbooks: The Art of Discovery and Adventure," 1986.
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