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
Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden
Staatliche Ethnographische Sammlungen Sachsen und Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Museum der Kulturen, Basel
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Institution data
| Institution field | Value |
|---|---|
Reg No. | Af,A154.27 |
PRN | EPF11226 |
Add ID/s | 7570 (William Webster number)~7572-3 (William Webster numbers)~7577 (William Webster number)~7580 (William Webster number)~7588 (William Webster number)~7601 (William Webster number)~7607-8 (William Webster numbers)~7611 (William Webster number)~7613-14 (William Webster numbers) |
Bibliography | King & Waterfield 2006: ~Webster 1898-9: Cat.21, figs. 207-219 |
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 copper alloy objects: snake head; armcuff; circular plaqu;, commemorative head; relief plaqu;, quadrangular bell; horn; cockerel figure; two leopard figures; figure with shield and sword; game board. 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: 207. Bronze serpents head. £25.0.0. sold to Basel Museum. 208. Bronze armlet. £2.10.0. sold to. 209. Brass plaque £5.0.0. sold to Dresden Museum. 210. Bronze mask pendant. £7.10.0. sold to. 211. Bronze mask base. £30.0.0. sold to. 212. Bronze polaque. £35.0.0. sold to Dresden Museum. 213. Bronze bell. £7.0.0. sold to Dresden Museum. 214. Bronze cup. £2.10.0. sold to. 215. Bronze cock £30.0.0. sold to Dresden Museum. 216. Bronze leopard. £5.0.0. sold to Leiden Museum. 217. Bronze leopard. £15.0.0. sold to. 218. Bronze figure £5.0.0. 219. Bronze game board. £17.0.0. sold to Dresden Museum. ~ Inscription note: Handwritten in black ink. Description of objects from the Kingdom of Benin, with indicative purchase prices and names of 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: 207: prior sale at J.C. Stevens sale on 4 July 1899. Acquired by Webster. Sold to the Museum der Kulturen Basel. Accession number: 111 1036. 208: unrecorded for £2.10.0. 209: to Arthur Baessler in 1899. Donated by Baessler to the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony - Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden.Accession number: 16127. 210: by 1928 to Walter Leo Hildburgh. Donated by Hildburgh to the American Museum of Natural History, New York. Accession number: 90.1/6152. 211: by 1932 to Arthur Robinson Wright. Sold at Sotheby's, London on 31 October 1933, lot 73 to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Donated by Wellcome to the Fowler Museum at UCLA in 1965. Accession number: X65.9083. 212: to Arthur Baessler in 1899. Donated by Baessler to the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony - Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden.Accession number: 16087. 213: to Arthur Baessler in 1899. Donated by Baessler to the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony - Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden.Accession number: 16103. 214: to the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge in 1902. Accession number: E1902.458. 215: to Arthur Baessler in 1899. Donated by Baessler to the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony - Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden.Accession number: 16128. 216: to the Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen and Wereldmuseum, Leiden. Accession number: RV-1243-22. 217: unknown. 218: to Frederick Green by 1949. Bequest from Green to the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.Accession number: 1950.271. 219: to Arthur Baessler in 1902. Donated by Baessler to the State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony - Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden.Accession number: 16071. |
URL | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-A154-27 |
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