View of the king's (Oba's) residence, or palace or 'compound', in Benin City.

Collection type: Photograph
Description: View of the king's (Oba's) residence, or palace or 'compound', in Benin City.
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Cultural groups: Edo
Person: Associated person Wellington Club; Associated person Charles Theophilius Richard Clive Bayley; Photographer Reginald Kerr Granville; Photographer Herbert Sutherland Walker; Expedition or compiler Reginald Kerr Granville; Expedition or compiler 1897 Benin City "Punitive Expedition"; PRM source Hugh Nevin Nevins
Date / Period: Date of photograph: 18/02/1897 - 15/03/1897
Acquisition information: Donated: 1968
Photographic process: Print gelatin silver
Dimensions: Height x Width 69 x 94 mm, Height x Width 208 x 144 mm, Height x Width 77 x 102 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1998.335.9 Previous PRM number: AL.64.9
Associated publications: This print has been published in Jeremy Coote and Elizabeth Edwards, 'Images of Benin at the Pitt Rivers Museum', African Arts, 30 (1997), p. 33: 'R. K. Granville's Photographic Album , showing Photographs 7 through 10.'

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