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
Canterbury Museum, Christchurch
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Pitt-Rivers (Lane Fox), Augustus Henry
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Institution data
| Institution field | Value |
|---|---|
Reg No. | Af,A154.62 |
PRN | EPF11256 |
Add ID/s | 3789-9 (William Webster numbers)~3791-3 (William Webster numbers)~3802 (William Webster number)~3819-25 (William Webster numbers) |
Bibliography | King & Waterfield 2006: |
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 thirteen objects: five brass figures; two ivory figures; one pendant mask; one knife; one ivory chameleon; one metal bangle; two keys. 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: 3819. Bronze figure. £2.10.0. Berlin Museum. 3824. Ivory figure £2.0.0. Canterbury Museum, N.Z. 3802. Bronze mask pendant £5.0.0. Gen Pitt Rivers. 3820. Bronze figure £2.2.0. Berlin Museum. 3821. Bronze figure £2.0.0. Canterbury Museum. N. Zealand. 3825 Ivory figure £3.3.0. Berlin Museum. 3798. Bronze key £3.0.0. Gen. Pitt Rivers. 3799. Bronze key £5.0.0. Berlin Museum. 3791. Bronze female figure £7.7.0. Berlin Museum. 3825. Ivory lizard £1.5.0. Berlin Museum. 3793. Iron & brass armlet £3.30.0. Berlin Museum. 3822. Bronze figure £10.0.0. Gen Pitt Rivers. 3792. Sacrificial knife with brass handle and iron bands. £5.0.0. Berlin Museum. ~ Inscription note: Handwritten in black ink. Description of objects from the Kingdom of Benin, with indicative purchase prices and names of 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: 3791. to the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in 1898. Accession number: III C 8057. 3792. to the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in 1898. Accession number: III C 8077. 3793. to the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in 1898. Accession number: III C 8076. 3798. to General Augustus Pitt Rivers by 1900. 3799. to the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in 1898. Accession number: III C 8383. 3819. to the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in 1898. Accession number: III C 8058. 3802. to General Augustus Pitt Rivers by 1900. 3821. to Canterbury Museum, New Zealand in 1898. Accession number: EA 1977.192. 3822. to General Augustus Pitt Rivers by 1900. 3823. to the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in 1898. Accession number: III C 8061. 3824. to Canterbury Museum, New Zealand in 1898. Accession number: EA 1977.203. 3825. to the Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in 1898. Accession number: III C 8062. This page of the album also includes photographs Af,A154. 63-66. |
URL | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-A154-62 |
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