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Group portrait of British subjects, Bonny

1895

Bonny (Nigeria)

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.

Original caption reads "Group at Bonny. Lady [Ethel] MacDonald, Miss [Mary] Kingsley, Sir Claude MacDonald." This print also appears in the MacDonald Calabar Photographic Album, EEPA 1996-0190053, which identifies each member in the image, first row "Lady Ethel Mac, Miss Mary Kingsley, Sir Claude Mac." Second row: "Commissioner Loche, Dr. Shekleton, D. Philips [treasury], Commissionaer Harcourt, Roger Casement." The print is dated "March 1895.".

Collection
Nigeria photograph album
Catalog date
1895
Recorded places
Bonny (Nigeria)
Cataloged creator or photographer
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905
Format and extent
1 Photographic print (B/W)
About this record

This is a catalog record for historical archival material, not a biography. Catalog wording reflects the source record. Metadata reuse does not grant permission to reproduce restricted photographs or documents.

Sources & collection details

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art — original record ↗

Source collection ↗

Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0006

Collection: Nigeria photograph album

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