Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
The Benin King under guard
ca. 1897
African history · place not specified
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 "The Benin King [Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi] under guard on board S.Y. [Steam Yacht] "Ivy." Published in "African Photographer J.A. Green" edited by Martha G. Anderson and Lisa Aronson, on page 164 as a hand-colored collotype postcard.
- Collection
- Nigeria photograph album
- Catalog date
- ca. 1897
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905
- Format and extent
- 1 Photographic print (B/W)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0057
Collection: Nigeria photograph album