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Digital Benin Research
British Museum
institution
Arthur Prest photograph album
archival unit
Photograph
document type
1890-01-01/1905-01-01
date
specific objects
edo designations
Prest, Arthur H.
source
target
mention
Institutional metadata
Reg No.
Af,A46.31
PRN
EPF3059
Add ID/s
AF/CA46/31 (copy print number)
Object Name/s
photographic print (black and white)
Material/s
paper
Technique/s
photographic process
Description (full)
Photograph (black and white), from an album; view of a market at side of road to Benin City. Thatched open-sided buildings with merchandise within and suspended from lines outside. Crowd of adults and children standing on and beside road. One European in pith helmet standing on road. Benin City. Albumen print.
Dimension/s
Length: 14.00 cm~Width: 19.80 cm
Subject/s
road/street ~architecture
Previous Owner
Previous owner/ex-collection: Arthur Henry Prest
Date/s
1890-1905
Prod. Place/s
Made in: Benin City (near)
Assoc. Ethnic Name/s
Assoc. Place/s
Inscription/s
Inscription:~ Inscription details: annotation~ Inscription quoted: Album Title: "1st BENIN. WARRI. & SAPELE. 2nd NEW CALABAR. BONNY. OPOBO & QUA COUNTRY." [manuscript note on album paper]. Original Description: "On Benin City Road." [manuscript note on album paper].
Curator's Comment/s
Photographs in collections Af,A46 and Af,A47 were originally contained in single album containing 176 photographs.
URL
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-A46-31