Summary
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1995-024
- Dates:
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1897
- Languages:
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- Physical Description:
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63 Photographic prints
dupe prints (1 v.)
black & white
8 x 10 in.
63 Photographic prints
albumen (1 album)
black & white
18 x 26 cm. or smaller
63 Negatives (photographic)
dupe negs
black & white
4 x 5 in.
- Repository:
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Photographs taken by unknown photographers in Nigeria and found in an album signed on the front inside cover, "W.H. Himbury, Grosvenor Club, Piccadilly 10." Funeral pictures of important African chiefs are prominent within the album and include burial pictures of the family members of the deceased as well as of the belongings of the deceased. Images include views of Lagos and Abeokuta. African peoples include the Anang Ibibio, Kalabari and Efik. Images of individuals include British colonial officials and chiefs of the Niger Delta. Prominent among the British officials is Sir Claude Maxwell Macdonald (1852-1915), Governor of the Oil River Protectorate, which, after 1896, was known as the Niger River Protectorate.
Arrangement note
Arrangement note
Images indexed by negative number.
Administration
Custodial History note
Purchase, 1995. Conserved through a preservation grant funded by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee, 2006.
Container
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Conditions Governing Access note
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Keywords
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
National Museum of African Art
P.O. Box 37012
MRC 708
Washington, DC 20013-7012
elisofonarchives@si.edu
