Photograph Album
Unit
W. D. Webster photograph album
Institution
British Museum Date
January 1, 1898 to December 31, 1899
Actors
Source actors
Webster, William Downing
Mentioned actors
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Staatliche Ethnographische Sammlungen Sachsen und Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
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Objects Mentioned
5
objects
Edo designations mentioned
2
items
Institution data
| Institution field | Value |
|---|---|
Reg No. | Af,A154.33 |
PRN | EPF11233 |
Add ID/s | 3809 (William Webster number)~6803 (William Webster number)~6809-10 (William Webster numbers)~6929-32 (William Webster numbers)~6941 (William Webster number) |
Bibliography | King & Waterfield 2006: ~Webster 1898-9: Cat.21, figs. 32-40 |
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 nine objects made of brass and ivory: seven relief plaques; one horn; one fragmentary ?container. 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: 32. Bronze plaque. £15.15.0. sold to. Dresden Museum. 35. Bronze object.15.0. sold to. 38. Bronze plaque £10.0.0. sold to Dresden Museum. 34. Bronze plaque £15.15.0. sold to. Berlin Museum. 37. Bronze plaque £5.0.0. sold to Dresden Museum. 40. Bronze plaque. £12.10.0. sold to. 33. Small elephant tusk with fetish mark, £1.1.0. sold to Dresden Museum. 36. Bronze plaque. £10.0.0. do. Dresden Museum. 39. do. do. £35.0.0. do. Dresden Museum. ~ Inscription note: Handwritten in black ink. Description of objects from the Kingdom of Benin, with indicative purchase prices and some vendors. |
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 objects depicted in this photograph were sold by William Webster as follows: 32: to Arthur Baessler in 1899. Donated by Baessler same year to the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony - Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden. Accession number: 16082. 33: Probably to Arthur Baessler in 1900. Donated by Baessler in same year to the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony - Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden. Accession number: 16160. 34: to the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in 1899. Accession number: III C 9947. 35: date unknown to Herrmann and Else Meyer until 1932. Donated by Herrmann Meyer to the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony - GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde Leipzig in 1932. Accession number: MAf 29791. 36: to Arthur Baessler in 1899. Donated by Baessler in same year to the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony - Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden. Accession number: 16092. 37: to Arthur Baessler in 1899. Donated by Baessler in same year to the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony - Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden. Accession number: 16090. 38: to Arthur Baessler in 1899. Donated by Baessler in same year to the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony - Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden. Accession number: 16093. 39: unknown 40: unknown |
URL | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-A154-33 |
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