Objects Mentioned
Edo designations mentioned
Institution data
| Institution field | Value |
|---|---|
Reg No. | Af,A154.18 |
PRN | EPF11219 |
Add ID/s | 9487 (William Webster number ) |
Bibliography | King & Waterfield 2006: ~Webster 1900: Cat.24, fig.55 |
Title/s | Benin Bronzes and Ivories (Series) |
Object Name/s | photographic print (black and white)~album |
Material/s | paper |
Technique/s | photographic process |
Description (full) | Photograph (black and white); mounted on card, part of a bound album. View of relief plaque depicting three figures holding containers or boxes in both hands. Photographic process. |
Dimension/s | Height: 24.00 cm (page)~Width: 27.40 cm (page) |
Subject/s | |
Previous Owner | Previous owner/ex-collection: William Downing Webster |
Date/s | 1898-1899 (circa) |
Prod. Place/s | Photographed in: London |
Assoc. Ethnic Name/s | Associated with: Edo |
Assoc. Place/s | Associated with: Benin City |
Assoc. Event/s | Associated Event: British Expedition to Benin City - 1897 |
Inscription/s | Inscription:~ Inscription details: inscription (front of mount; below photograph) in English~ Inscription quoted: 9487. Bronze plaque. £40.0.0. sold to Leipzig Museum. ~ Inscription note: Handwritten in black ink. Description of object from the Kingdom of Benin, with indicative purchase price and name of vendor. |
Curator's Comment/s | 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 relief plaque depicted in this photograph was sold by William Webster to Hans Meyer probably between 1898-1913 unitl 1929. By descent to Elisabeth Meyer until 1946. By descent to the Meyer family until 2001. Purchased for the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony - GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde Leipzig. Accession number MAf 34587. This page of the album also includes photograph Af,A154.19 at left proper. |
URL | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-A154-18 |
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