Af,A154.47

EPF11248

8984 (William Webster number)~9363 (William Webster number)

King & Waterfield 2006:

Benin Bronzes and Ivories (Series)

photographic print (black and white)~album

paper

photographic process

Photograph (black and white); mounted on card, part of a bound album. View of two brass rellief plaques: at right proper depicting Portuguese soldier in profile with dog at feet. At left proper Portuguese figure wearing studded helmet, with beard and long hair. Photographic process.

Height: 24.00 cm (page)~Width: 27.40 cm (page)

Previous owner/ex-collection: William Downing Webster

1898-1899 (circa)

Photographed in: London

Associated with: Edo

Associated with: Benin City

Associated Event: British Expedition to Benin City - 1897

Inscription:~ Inscription details: inscription (front of mount; below photograph) in English~ Inscription quoted: 8984. Bronze plaque. £15.0.0. sold to Dresden Museum. 9363. do. do. £15.0.0. do. Dresden Museum. ~ Inscription note: Handwritten in black ink. Description of objects from the Kingdom of Benin, with indicative purchase prices and names of vendors.

This album contains photographs of objects from the Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria sold by the London-based dealer, William Downing Webster. Many of the photographs are annotated with information relating to the vendor/s and some include purchase prices. It is likely that the photographic series was compiled by Webster in the early 1900s. The objects depicted in this photograph were sold by William Webster in 1899 to Arthur Baessler. Donated by Baessler to the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony - Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden. Accession numbers: 16063 (right proper) and 16062 (left proper). This page of the album also includes photograph Af,A154.48.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-A154-47