Af,A154.83

EPF11284

9758 (William Webster number)~9760 (William Webster number)~9797 (William Webster number)~9800 (William Webster number)~9804-6 (William Webster numbers)

King & Waterfield 2006: ~Webster 1907: Cat.24, figs.27-31

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 seven objects. One ivory object with human head; three hammered brass ornaments; one brass knife; one fragment of relief plaque with leopard; one fragment of altar with two figures. 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

Made by: Edo

Associated with: Benin City

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 as follows: 27. unknown. 28. to George Fabian Lawrence between 1899-1901. Purchased from Lawrence by the National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh. Accession number: A.1901.182. 29. unknown. 30. to the Field Museum, Chicago in 1907. Accession number: 91256. 31. to the Field Museum, Chicago in 1907. Accession number: 91255. This page of the album also includes photograph Af,A154.84.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-A154-83