photographic print(black and white)
- Museum number
- Af,A51.77
- Description
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Nigeria, portrait of large group of European adult males and one female outdoors. Wearing formal clothing and hats, sitting and standing in four rows. Female sitting at centre. Male at centre wearing what appears to be sailor's uniform. Bushes (bamboo?) as backdrop.
Medium: Albumen print [?].
- Production date
- 1880-1905
- Dimensions
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Length: 13 centimetres (AF/A51/77)
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Length: 12.70 centimetres (AF/CA51/77)
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Width: 20.20 centimetres (AF/A51/77)
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Width: 17.80 centimetres (AF/CA51/77)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Main Themes of Album: group portraits of colonial officials and local dignitaries; colonial settlements, buildings, boats and recreation;scenes of local life and group portraits of local people; military, religious and Jubilee processions and group portraits.
Circumstances: [MEN-] PIC DOC 12.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Prints mounted with adhesive on card. Card bound into album with string and adhesive tape. Album disintegrating and pages falling out.
- Acquisition date
- 1970-1983
- Acquisition notes
- Copyright: British Museum (?).
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af,A51.77
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: AF/CA51/77