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2019.32.2.53

View of soldiers and auxiliaries lined up for inspection, captioned in black ink below the print '[P]arading for fatigue'.

2019.32.2.53

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Collection type
Photograph
Description
View of soldiers and auxiliaries lined up for inspection, captioned in black ink below the print '[P]arading for fatigue'.
Geographical reference
Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Cultural groups
Edo
British
Person
Photographer Herbert Sutherland Walker
Expedition or compiler Herbert Sutherland Walker
Expedition or compiler 1897 Benin City "Punitive Expedition"
PRM source Mark Walker
Date / Period
Date of photograph: 18/02/1897 - 15/03/1897
Acquisition information
Donated: 13/09/2019
Photographic process
Print gelatin silver
Dimensions
Height x Width 73 x 99 mm, Height x Width 190 x 240 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2019.32.2.53
Associated publications
Object: The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution, Main author: Dan Hicks; London, 2020, Page illustrated: 99
This print has been published in Dan Hicks, The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution (London: Pluto Press, 2020), p. 99.

Search terms: Colonial military action

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