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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,A46.39
PRN
EPF3067
Add ID/s
AF/CA46/39 (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 landscape with mature trees in background and at left proer. Road in centre with cows grazing at right proper. Settlement with thatched houses at left proper. Gilli Gilli, Nigeria. Albumen print.
Dimension/s
Length: 13.20 cm~Width: 19.75 cm
Subject/s
animal ~road/street ~architecture ~farming
Previous Owner
Previous owner/ex-collection: Arthur Henry Prest
Date/s
1890-1905
Prod. Place/s
Photographed in: Gilli Gilli (near?)~Made in: Benin City (near)
Assoc. Ethnic Name/s
Assoc. Place/s
Topographic representation of: Gilli Gilli (?;near)
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: "Gilli Gilli Road" [manuscript note on album paper].
Curator's Comment/s
Gilli Gilli not identified in sources, but identified as being near Benin City (pers.comm. N F Barley, 04/06/1996.)~Photographs in collections Af,A46 and Af,A47 were originally contained in single album containing 176 photographs. By jhudson 01 May 2023
URL
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-A46-39