Institutional metadata
Add ID/s
AF/CA46/26 (copy print number)
Object Name/s
photographic print (black and white)
Technique/s
photographic process
Description (full)
Photograph (black and white), from an album; view of a man, in landscaped grounds with house behind. Man wears long white gown with embroidery around neck, narrow trousers, very high felted cap with tassel, bare feet. Benin City.
Albumen print.
Dimension/s
Length: 20.35 cm~Width: 14.00 cm
Previous Owner
Previous owner/ex-collection: Arthur Henry Prest
Prod. Place/s
Made in: Nigeria (south)
Assoc. Ethnic Name/s
Representation of: Edo (?)
Assoc. Place/s
Associated with: Benin City (?)
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: "The Kings brother" [manuscript note on album paper].
Curator's Comment/s
The 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-A46-26