Exterior of St. Stephen's Cathedral, Bonny

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 Cathedral, Bonny." Appears in "African Photographer J.A. Green" edited by Martha G. Anderson and Lisa Aronson, on page 160 with the description, "St. Stephens Cathedral was built on the Bonny shore by an Anglican mission in 1861. It became the first African-led church in West Africa, with sermons delivered in the local Ibani Ijo language. J.A. Green and numerous local Ijo elite were among its loyal congregants.".

Collection

Nigeria photograph album

Catalog date

ca. 1890s

Recorded places

Bonny (Nigeria)

Cataloged creator or photographer

Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905

Format and extent

1 Photographic print (B/W)

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