Photograph of Alexandre de Serpa Pinto (1846-1900) with the survivors of his expedition from São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda to Natal. Serpa Pinto is standing to the left with his right hand resting on a tree trunk. There is a Black woman sitting beside him to the left and a group of Black men and young boys to the right, some standing and others sitting. There is a painted backdrop of a forest behind them.

Alexandre de Serpa Pinto was a Portuguese explorer who led a number of explorations of southern Africa. He was one of the first Europeans to see Victoria Falls.