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LL/39611
Charles Piazzi Smyth
View of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope
1842
Calotype
 
Museum of the History of Science
 
LL/39611 [Further details available]

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LL/39315
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
230. Assouan. P. Datiers.
1843-1844
Daguerreotype
3 1/2 x 3 1/8 in (9 x 8 cm)
 
Christie's - New York
Christies - NY (Sale: 2396, Lot: 49 - Oct 7, 2010 - A Historic Photographic Grand Tour: Important Daguerreotypes by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey)
 
LL/39315 [Further details available]

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LL/62083
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
Kaire. S. Kérabat. Coupole. 120
1843
Daguerreotype
11,5 x 18 cm (im.), 12 x 18,8 cm (sous-verre)
 
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie
Rés. Eg5-736
 
LL/62083

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LL/56277
Unidentified photographer
Alger, Place du Governement
1850 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 1/2 plate
 
Sotheby's - Paris
Photographies, 14 November 2014, Lot: 1
 
LL/56277

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LL/114636
Delmotte & Alary
Minaret en ruine - Biskra
1850, May
Daguerreotype
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Source requested.
 
LL/114636 [Further details available]

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LL/114634
Louis Hippolyte Joseph Delemotte (?) [Attributed to]
The Casbah, Algéria - The Palace Of Dar Hassan Pacha
1845 (ca)
Daguerreotype, 3/4 plate
 
Private collection of Jason David Wright
 
LL/114634 [Further details available]

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LL/33116
Augustus Washington
Urias A. McGill, half-length portrait, facing front
1856-1860
Daguerreotype
 
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division under the digital ID cph.3d01948, DAG no. 1028
 
LL/33116

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LL/68672
F. Barbier
An African woman from Dakar, Senegal
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Auction #29, 17 September 2016, Lot: 57
 
LL/68672

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LL/124280
Louis Hostalier
A warrior
1880 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Fostin Cotchen
 
LL/124280

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LL/124281
Louis Hostalier
Two women with a wooden mortar and pestle for cassava (?)
1880 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Fostin Cotchen
 
LL/124281

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LL/78308
Félix Auguste Leclerc
Enfants, Dakar, Sénégal
1871, March
Albumen print
24,5 x 18,2 cm
 
Millon et Associes
Auction, Photographs, 7 November 2017, Lot: 74
 
LL/78308

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LL/79104
José Agusto da Cunha Moraes
View of the Ponta do Dande [Angola]
1876-1886 (ca)
Collotype
11.6 x 16.5 cm
 
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2001-7-683-14
 
LL/79104

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LL/79100
José Agusto da Cunha Moraes
Two portraits of a man from Quiçama ['en face' and 'en profil']
1886 (ca)
Collotypes (2)
10.5 x 6.9 cm (each)
 
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2001-7-683-25
 
LL/79100

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LL/79101
José Agusto da Cunha Moraes
Portrait of a grocer with a basket on her head
1876-1886 (ca)
Collotype
14.3 x 9.3 cm
 
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2001-7-683-7
 
LL/79101

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LL/79102
José Agusto da Cunha Moraes
Portrait of an unknown woman
1876-1886 (ca)
Collotype
14.9 x 10.5 cm
 
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2001-7-683-9
 
LL/79102

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LL/55330
Zangaki Brothers [Attributed to]
Sudan Warriors
1880 (ca)
Albumen print
8.5 x 11 ins
 
Archive Farms
 
LL/55330

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LL/91932
Richard Buchta
Zande binza (witchdoctor), Sudan
1879
Albumen print
 
Pitt Rivers Museum
PRM 1998.203.1.54
 
LL/91932

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LL/55378
B.W. Caney
South African Woman
1890 (ca)
Citrate print
8 x 5.7 ins
 
Archive Farms
 
LL/55378

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LL/55380
B.W. Caney
South African Man with Three Wives
1890 (ca)
Citrate print
8 x 5 3/4 in.
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2013.698
 
LL/55380

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LL/115511
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of a Nigerian (?) man with scarification.
1899
Albumen print
21 x 16 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
19th – 21st Century Photography, 8 December 2021, Lot: 4066
 
LL/115511

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LL/112058
Unidentified photographer
A Wolof family pictured in Saint-Louis, Senegal
1928
Photograph
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Facebook, Ethnic Textiles Community, 13 July 2021. Source requested.
 
LL/112058 [Further details available]

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LL/104674
Blaise Bonnevide
The Serigne Ndakarou, Thierno Diop - “Roi de Dakar”
1870-1878
Albumen print
 
Private collection of Patricia Hickling
 
LL/104674 [Further details available]

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LL/104675
Blaise Bonnevide
Wife of the Serigne Ndakarou
1870-1878
Albumen print
 
Private collection of Patricia Hickling
 
LL/104675 [Further details available]

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LL/17883
Unidentified photographer
Prince Archibong II of Calabar, wearing his crown jewels and seated on a 'throne'
1900 (ca)
Silver print
20 x 15 cm
 
Allsworth Rare Books
 
LL/17883 [Further details available]

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LL/79381
Lutterodt family
Five Men
1880-1885 (ca)
Albumen silver print, from glass negative
6 x 4 1/8 ins (15.2 x 10.5 cm)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Purchase, Ross Family Fund Gift, 1999, Accession Number: 1999.184.1
 
LL/79381 [Further details available]

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LL/89743
Unidentified photographer
Group of six European men sitting, surrounded by Benin objects, several other men are sitting in a building at the back; the six men are wearing western-style clothes and helmets.
[Benin Expedition]
1897
Gelatin silver print
 
British Museum
Museum number: Af,A79.13
 
LL/89743

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LL/89744
Unidentified photographer
Studio portrait of W.D. Webster, with two carved elephant tusks either side of him, holding two shorter tusks
1890 (ca)
Photograph
 
British Museum
Museum number: Af,A154.1
 
LL/89744

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LL/89834
DW
Gabon or Cameroon, study of group of objects arranged on stand with scale markings. Objects include knives or daggers, calabash [carved from wood?], phallic pot.
1878, 8 February (?)
Albumen print
 
British Museum
Museum number: Af,B84.32
 
LL/89834

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LL/115527
Georges Zangaki
African boy.
1880s
Albumen print
28 x 21.5 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
19th – 21st Century Photography, 8 December 2021, Lot: 4102
 
LL/115527

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LL/89745
Unidentifield photographer (British Museum?)
A relief plaque made of brass from Benin, depicting a European figure holding a crossbow and three crossbow bolts.
20thC (early)
Lantern slide
 
British Museum
Museum number: Af,G.T.2635
 
LL/89745

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LL/89768
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of an adult male crouching in front of a painted studio backdrop, unclothed. South Africa
[Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."]
1860-1880 (ca)
Albumen print
 
British Museum
Museum number: Af,A5.23
 
LL/89768

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LL/89780
Unidentified photographer
Full length portrait the back view of an adult female standing in front of a plain backdrop. Unclothed except for bead neck-ornament, cloth head-gear. Base of photographer's head-clamp visible behind her feet. Khoikhoi (?), South Africa
[Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."]
1860-1880 (ca)
Albumen print
 
British Museum
Museum number: Af,A5.26
 
LL/89780

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LL/89773
Unidentified photographer
Full length frontal portrait of an unclothed adult male standing in front of a plain backdrop. South Africa
[Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."]
1860-1880 (ca)
Albumen print
 
British Museum
Museum number: Af,A5.71
 
LL/89773 [Further details available]

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LL/89774
Unidentified photographer
Full length profile portrait of an unclothed adult male standing in front of a plain backdrop. South Africa
[Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."]
1860-1880 (ca)
Albumen print
 
British Museum
Museum number: Af,A5.70
 
LL/89774 [Further details available]

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LL/79383
Lutterodt family
King Taki II, the king of Accra, with some of his servants 1891
1891
Cabinet card
 
Evangelische Missionsgesellschaft in Basel / Basel Mission Archives / Mission 21
Reference: QD-30.030.0058
 
LL/79383 [Further details available]

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LL/79384
Lutterodt family
The people of the deceased King Tackie in Accra (with their temples bound as a sign of mourning) (Gold Coast.)
1903
Photograph
 
Evangelische Missionsgesellschaft in Basel / Basel Mission Archives / Mission 21
Reference: QW-30.007.0008
 
LL/79384 [Further details available]

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LL/79111
Unidentified photographer (German)
Dance in honour of deceased King Bell, Cameroon
1891
Albumen print
13.2 x 20.1 cm
 
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-F01175-U
 
LL/79111

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LL/89848
Unidentified photographer
Frontal portrait of adult male standing beside tall wooden Bongo [?] male figure. Carved male figure with arms and facial features. Adult male wearing head-gear, jacket, tunic, trousers. Indoors, American building. [Sudan]
1900-1932
Gelatin silver print
 
British Museum
Museum number: Af,B10.48
 
LL/89848

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LL/89849
Brenda Zara Seligman [Attributed to]
Close-up of painting on exterior wall, Shilluk shrine of Nyakang, Sudan. Wall-paintings depicting what appear to be animals and people.
1909-1922 (?)
Gelatin silver print
 
British Museum
Museum number: Af,B9.3
 
LL/89849

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LL/89852
Francis W. Joaque
View of single-storey thatched-roof building, possibly a liquor factory. Row of barrels in front, adult male European sitting on end barrel
1871 (ca)
Albumen print
 
British Museum
Museum number: Af,B76.25
 
LL/89852 [Further details available]

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LL/89853
H. Bennett
Gabon [?], small group of Fang adult females sitting inside thatched-roof shelter. "Making mats and fish traps".
1897, July?
Gelatin silver print, retouched
 
British Museum
Museum number: Af,B86.6
 
LL/89853 [Further details available]

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LL/89855
Unidentified photographer
Study of display of large collection of West African [?] objects. Includes spears, axes, knives or daggers, comb, textile, personal-ornaments, small figures. [Gabon]
1850-1900 (?)
Albumen print
 
British Museum
Museum number: Af,B84.33
 
LL/89855

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LL/89856
Unidentified photographer
Mosque in Kumasi [Ghana]
1888 (ca, taken)
Print
 
British Museum
Museum number: Af,B84.5
 
LL/89856 [Further details available]

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LL/96123
Claudia Fährenkemper
Shove Wheel Excavator 275, Lignite Mine Inden
[Mining Machinery]
1991
Black and white print
 
Stephen Bulger Gallery
© Claudia Fa¨hrenkemper, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2020
 
LL/96123

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LL/89857
Unidentified photographer
Volta river at Kpong [Ghana]
1905 (?)
Gelatin silver print?
 
British Museum
Museum number: Af,A64.50
 
LL/89857

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LL/85979
George Washington Wilson
Kimberley, South Africa
n.d.
Albumen print
19.8 x 15.2 cm
 
National Galleries of Scotland
Gift of Mrs. Riddell in memory of Peter Fletcher Riddell, 1985, Accession number: PGP R 498
 
LL/85979

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LL/89832
Tokim
The Chevron Pattern on Temple Wall, Zimbabwe
1936-1952
Postcard
 
British Museum
Museum number: Af,B70.4
 
LL/89832 [Further details available]

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LL/91470
Paul Fréderic Alphonse Julien (1901-2001)
"Near Freetown", Sierra Leone
1934
Photograph
9 x 12 cm
 
Nederlands Fotomuseum
Paul Julien Collection, PJU-2408
 
LL/91470

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LL/92048
Paul Fréderic Alphonse Julien (1901-2001)
"Yarn spinning woman", Mende, Sierra Leone
1934
Photograph
9 x 12 cm
 
Nederlands Fotomuseum
Paul Julien Collection, PJU-2308
 
LL/92048 [Further details available]

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LL/106177
Matson Photo Service (photographer)
Types in the native market. Two women discussing
[Uganda. From Hoima to Fort Portal]
1936
Negative, nitrate
4 x 5 in.
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-matpc-17482 (digital file from original), Call Number: LC-M33- 8311 [P&P]
 
LL/106177

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LL/106178
Matson Photo Service (photographer)
Types in the native market. Women
[Uganda. From Hoima to Fort Portal]
1936
Negative, nitrate
4 x 5 in.
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection, LC-DIG-matpc-17492 (digital file from original), Call Number: LC-M33- 8321 [P&P]
 
LL/106178

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LL/106179
Matson Photo Service (photographer)
Uganda. Ruwenzori Range. Telephoto and infra red
1936
Negative, nitrate
4 x 5 in. (or smaller)
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection, LC-DIG-matpc-00348 (digital file from original), Call Number: LC-M31- 8354 [P&P]
 
LL/106179

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LL/84796
François-Edmond Fortier
[Portrait of a standing unidentified African man]
1910-1910
Cabinet card, gelatin silver print
6 1/2 × 4 1/4 ins (16.5 × 10.8 cm)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Visual Resource Archive, Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, Accession Number: VRA.2014.8.039
 
LL/84796

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LL/99402
Paris-Stéréo
Un village nègre. Une coiffure compliquée.
[Village Nègre]
1920 (ca)
Stereoview
 
Private collection of Tomasz Bielawski
 
LL/99402

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LL/99399
Paris-Stéréo
Un village nègre. La coiffure.
[Village Nègre]
1920 (ca)
Stereoview
 
Private collection of Tomasz Bielawski
 
LL/99399

55 of 116
LL/121461
Keystone View Company
Result of the Morning's Hippopotamus Hunt on Mlembo River, Rhodesia, Africa
n.d.
Stereoview
 
Private collection of Peppin - Peppin Anaglyphes
 
LL/121461

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LL/113674
William Bambridge
Sally [Sarah] Bonetta Forbes (c. 1843-80)
1856
Albumen print
13.3 x 11.8 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2906613
 
LL/113674 [Further details available]

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LL/103368
Unidentified photographer
King Idris I of Libya
1965, 15 August (before)
Photograph
 
Libyan Information Ministry
Al Iza'a Magazine, Libyan Broadcasting, Libyan Information Ministry
 
LL/103368 [Further details available]

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LL/126472
Detroit Photographic Co.
[Market, Biskra, Algeria]
1889 (ca)
Photochrom
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Call Number/Physical Location: LOT 13420, no. 056 [item] [P&P], Library of Congress Control Number: 2001697852, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsc-05564 (digital file from original)
 
LL/126472 [Further details available]

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LL/126473
Detroit Photographic Co.
[Distinguished Moorish women, Algiers, Algeria]
1889 (ca)
Photochrom
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Call Number/Physical Location: LOT 13420, no. 045 [item] [P&P], Library of Congress Control Number: 2001697841, Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsc-05553 (digital file from original)
 
LL/126473 [Further details available]

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LL/100790
Unidentified photographer
Female atrocity victim, Congo
1900-1915 (ca)
Lantern slide
 
University of Southern California. Libraries
International Mission Photography Archive, File: CSCNWW33/OS10/22,
 
LL/100790 [Further details available]

61 of 116
LL/101709
Unidentified photographer
[African village]
n.d.
Lantern slide
 
Private collection of James Herbst
 
LL/101709

62 of 116
LL/101710
Unidentified photographer
{Landing point at a settlement in Africa]
n.d.
Lantern slide
 
Private collection of James Herbst
 
LL/101710

63 of 116
LL/101715
Unidentified photographer
[Working on fishing nets, Africa]
n.d.
Lantern slide
 
Private collection of James Herbst
 
LL/101715

64 of 116
LL/101712
Unidentified photographer
[Working on fishing nets, Africa]
n.d.
Lantern slide
 
Private collection of James Herbst
 
LL/101712

65 of 116
LL/101713
Unidentified photographer
[Ivory, Africa]
n.d.
Lantern slide
 
Private collection of James Herbst
 
LL/101713

66 of 116
LL/101716
Unidentified photographer
[Capturing a crocodile, Africa]
n.d.
Lantern slide
 
Private collection of James Herbst
 
LL/101716

67 of 116
LL/105475
Ethel Tulk [Attributed to]
Photograph of Alfred J. Tulk crossing a vine bridge in Ivory Coast
1932
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/105475 [Further details available]

68 of 116
LL/105474
Alfred J. Tulk
[A native porter, Liberia]
1932
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/105474

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LL/93995
Unidentified photographer
34. Katikiro & tusk of ivory.
1890s (ca)
Lantern slide, hand-coloured
 
Gayaza High School, Archive
 
LL/93995 [Further details available]

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LL/93985
Unidentified photographer
3. Mission girls at Coast
1890s (ca)
Lantern slide, hand-coloured
 
Gayaza High School, Archive
 
LL/93985 [Further details available]

71 of 116
LL/93993
Unidentified photographer
26. Apolo Kagwa (Katikiro) & fam.
1890s (ca)
Lantern slide, hand-coloured
 
Gayaza High School, Archive
 
LL/93993 [Further details available]

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LL/93994
Unidentified photographer
32. Kamswaga: King of Koki
1890s (ca)
Lantern slide, hand-coloured
 
Gayaza High School, Archive
 
LL/93994 [Further details available]

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LL/96502
Unidentified photographer
CMS Church at Pumwani
1905-1948 (approx.)
Photograph, hand-coloured
 
Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society
CMS 25/33
 
LL/96502 [Further details available]

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LL/96503
Unidentified photographer
Quartet of warriors on the march
1892-1914 (approx.)
Photograph
 
Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society
CMS 28/15
 
LL/96503

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LL/96504
Unidentified photographer
Group outside church (?)
1937
Colour photograph
 
Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society
CMS 27/18
 
LL/96504

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LL/90588
G.N. Morhig (The English Pharmacy, Khartoum)
Shulluk Girls, White Nile
1920 (ca)
Photograph
 
Museum Volkenkunde
Id: A87-5
 
LL/90588

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LL/33194
François-Edmond Fortier
Type of Women, West Africa
1906
Collotype postcard
 
Musée Picasso
Courtesy Musée Picasso, Archives
 
LL/33194 [Further details available]

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LL/89740
Unidentified photographer
1230. Afrique Occidentale - Senegal - Traitant du Cayor - Collection Générale Fortier Dakar
1880-1905 (ca)
Postcard
 
British Museum
Museum number: Af,B28.23
 
LL/89740 [Further details available]

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LL/89741
Unidentified photographer
1241. Afrique Occidentale - Senegal - Dakar - Jeune fille Ouolof - Collection Générale Fortier Dakar
1880-1905 (ca)
Postcard
 
British Museum
Museum number: Af,B28.28
 
LL/89741 [Further details available]

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LL/89742
Unidentified photographer
1199. Afrique Occidentale - Senegal - Femmes du Cayor - Collection Général Fortier, Dakar
1880-1905 (ca)
Postcard
 
British Museum
Museum number: Af,B28.5
 
LL/89742 [Further details available]

81 of 116
LL/111944
Unidentified photographers
Four portraits taken by street photographers in Africa
n.d.
Gelatin silver prints (x4)
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/111944

82 of 116
LL/93804
L. Fiorillo
Italian school [Eritrea]
1887-1888 (ca)
Albumen print
 
Ader Nordmann
Photographies, 14 October 2019, Lot: 34
 
LL/93804

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LL/107804
L. Fiorillo
Expedition of the Società Geografica Italiana in East Africa (Spedizione della Società Geografica Italiana in Africa Orientale)
1877
Albumen print
 
Musei Civici Imola
Fondo Tozzoni
 
LL/107804

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LL/82972
Unidentified photographer
László Almásy, Sir Robert Clayton, Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Penderel and Patrick Clayton's Expedition in Sahara in April-May 1932.
1932, May/May
Photograph
 
FOTO:Fortepan
www.fortepan.hu (Accessed: May 2018), Id: 96613, Donor: Hungarian Geographical museum
 
LL/82972 [Further details available]

85 of 116
LL/96405
Unidentied photographer
Euphorbia near Agoro [Uganda]
n.d.
Photograph
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Facebook, History in Progress Uganda, 25 June 2014
 
LL/96405

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LL/117340
Alfred J. Tulk
[Community gathering with drums and dancing, Liberia]
1932
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
 
LL/117340

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LL/84799
Alex A. Acolatse
Self-portrait with balustrade and hanging
1910s
Glass, emulsion
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 ins (24.1 x 19.1 cm)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gift of Susan Mullin Vogel, 2015, Accession Number: 2015.499.32
 
LL/84799 [Further details available]

88 of 116
LL/99027
E.O. Hoppé
Man in Modern Suit Passing Men in Traditional Robes at Railway Station, Lagos
1937
Gelatin silver print
 
E.O. Hoppé Estate
© The E. O. Hoppé Estate at Curatorial Assistance, Inc.
 
LL/99027

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LL/99028
E.O. Hoppé
Passenger carried in "Mammy" Chair through surf, Accra
1937
Gelatin silver print
 
E.O. Hoppé Estate
© The E. O. Hoppé Estate at Curatorial Assistance, Inc.
 
LL/99028

90 of 116
LL/83567
George Rodger
Pygmy woman, Impenetrable Forest, Kigazi, Uganda
1960 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
11 3/8 x 8 3/4 ins
 
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold, 27 June 2018, Lot: 84
 
LL/83567

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LL/91449
Paul Fréderic Alphonse Julien (1901-2001)
"Mende Man", Sierra Leone
1934
Photograph
4 x 5
 
Nederlands Fotomuseum
Paul Julien Collection, PJU-2255
 
LL/91449

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LL/91957
Paul Fréderic Alphonse Julien (1901-2001)
Ethiopia
1955
Kodachrome slide
 
Nederlands Fotomuseum
Paul Julien Collection, PJU, color slides box 6, behind tab "Ethiopia", label "56" on slide
 
LL/91957

93 of 116
LL/102174
Unidentified photographer
Force publique Congo Free State. The soldiers of the Danish officer, Knud Jespersen, have captured a black chieftain.
1900 (ca)
Photograph
 
Bornholms Museum
Jespersens archive
 
LL/102174

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LL/67188
Leon Ayekoni (Ouidah, Benin)
Arrested boat thief, Benin
1980s
Photograph
 
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
 
LL/67188

95 of 116
LL/46792
J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere
Mmon Mmon Edet Ubok HD 51/74
1974 (taken) 2009 (print)
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 ins
 
L. Parker Stephenson Photographs
 
LL/46792

96 of 116
LL/46789
J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere
Mkpuk Eba HD 694/74
1974 (taken) 2009 (print)
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 ins
 
L. Parker Stephenson Photographs
 
LL/46789

97 of 116
LL/1576
Seydou Keita
Untitled - Velo Solex
1952-1955
Gelatin silver print
20 x 24
 
HackelBury Fine Art Ltd
 
LL/1576

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LL/1575
Seydou Keita
Untitled - Sisters, 2 Great Ladies
1958
Gelatin silver print
20 x 24
 
HackelBury Fine Art Ltd
 
LL/1575

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LL/1591
Malick Sidibé
Friends of the Spanish
1968
Gelatin silver print
20 x 24
 
HackelBury Fine Art Ltd
 
LL/1591

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LL/84773
James Barnor
Everything In My Hand I Bring
1953 (ca)
Black and white photograph
 
Victoria and Albert Museum
Supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, Museum no. E.105-2012. © James Barnor
 
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LL/84774
James Barnor
Selina Opong, Policewoman #10
1954 (ca)
Black and white photograph
 
Victoria and Albert Museum
Supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, Museum no. E.106-2012. © James Barnor
 
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LL/84775
Oumar Ly
[Portrait of a standing woman in front of a decorative background, Podor, Sénégal]
n.d.
Black and white photograph
 
Estate of Oumar Ly
www.oumarly.com
 
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LL/84776
Oumar Ly
[Portrait of a seated woman and childt in front of a background being held up by a man, Podor, Sénégal]
n.d.
Black and white photograph
 
Estate of Oumar Ly
www.oumarly.com
 
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LL/111945
Léon Ayékoni (Ouidah, Benin)
[Studio portrait taken with an inflatable swimming ring and a painted background showing an airplane]
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
 
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LL/120896
Rachidi Bissiriou
Untitled
1985
Black and white photograph
 
David Hill Gallery
Courtesy of the David Hill Gallery, London
 
LL/120896 [Further details available]

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LL/120883
Rachidi Bissiriou
Untitled
1974
Black and white photograph
 
David Hill Gallery
Courtesy of the David Hill Gallery, London
 
LL/120883 [Further details available]

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LL/120898
Rachidi Bissiriou
Rachidi Bissiriou, Self portrait
1970s (mid)
Black and white photograph
 
David Hill Gallery
Courtesy of the David Hill Gallery, London
 
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LL/8306
Samuel Fosso
Selfportrait (Le Rocker)
1997/2003
C-print
53 x 43 cm
 
Extraspazio Gallery
courtesy: e x t r a s p a z i o, Roma
 
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LL/55725
Kudzanai Chiurai (1981-)
The Black President
[Dying to be men]
2009
Épreuve numérique couleur (encre ultrachrome sur papier). Encadrée
150 x 100 cm
 
Piasa
Courtesy of Piasa, Photographs "Metamorphosus", 6 November 2014, Lot: 61
 
LL/55725 [Further details available]

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LL/82903
Pieter Hugo
Aissah Salifu, Agbogbloshie Market, Accra, Ghana
[Permanent Error]
2010
Chromogenic print
81.6 x 81.6 cm (32 1/8 x 32 1/8 ins) (image)
 
Phillips - London
Photographs, 18 May 2018, Lot: 113
 
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LL/115228
Pieter Hugo
Motorbike Rider with Amiloo, Nigeria.
2005
Archival pigment print
20 x 20 in. (50.8 x 50.8 cm.) (image)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
21 October 2021, Sale 2583, Lot: 317
 
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LL/111939
Thandiwe Muriu (Kenya)
Untitled
[Camo]
2018 (ca)
Colour photograph
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Source requested.
 
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LL/111241
Unidentified photographer
[An Emir from Northern Nigeria with his sons and entourage in London]
n.d.
Gelatin silver print
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Further details requested.
 
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Contents - Themes & Fragments
Africa - Colonialism in Africa
Africa - Early photography in West Africa
Africa - Introduction to photography in Africa
Africa - László Almásy: Expeditions in the Sahara (1930s)
Africa - Malick Sidibe: Portraits
Africa - Rachidi Bissiriou: Portraits taken in Dahomey / Benin
Africa - Seydou Keita: Portraits from Mali
Air transportation - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Aircraft
Airplanes - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Aircraft
Albumen prints - Albumen prints: Events
Albumen prints - Albumen prints: Objects
Albumen prints - Albumen prints: Places
Albumen prints - Albumen prints: Scientific
Albumen prints - Albumen prints: Still life
Algeria - Introduction to photography in Algeria
Algeria - Unidentified Daguerreotypists: Algeria
Alternate personalities and questioning identity - Introduction to alternate personalities
Alternate personalities and questioning identity - Samuel Fosso: Self portraits
Angola - Introduction to photography in Angola
Animals - Alligators and crocodiles
Animals - Elephants
Animals - Hippopotami
Animals - Monkeys, chimpanzees and apes
Anthropology and ethnology - Alfred J. Tulk: Community gathering with drums and dancing, Liberia (1932)
Anthropology and ethnology - Anthropology
Anthropology and ethnology - Ethnographic nudity
Anthropology and ethnology - Introduction to material culture
Archaeology - Introduction to archaeological photography
Art - Paintings and prints based on photographs or vice versa
Astronomy - Introduction to telescopes
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Backgrounds: Incongruous
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Backgrounds and foregrounds - Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Aircraft
Benin - Rachidi Bissiriou: Portraits taken in Dahomey / Benin
Botany - Nineteenth century botany
Burkina Faso - Introduction to photography in Burkina Faso
Calotypes - Calotypes: Exteriors
Cameroon - Introduction to photography in Cameroon
Cartes de visite - Cartes de visite: Ethnic and traditional costumes
Central African Republic - Introduction to photography in the Central African Republic
Central African Republic - Samuel Fosso: Self portraits
Characters and occupational types - Porters
Children - Children in nineteenth century photography
Christian architecture - Christian architecture
Christianity - Christian architecture
Collotypes - Collotypes
Colonialism - Colonialism
Colonialism - The Congo Atrocities
Composition - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Conceptual - Samuel Fosso: Self portraits
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) - The Congo Atrocities
Crime and punishment - Introduction to crime and punishment
Cycling - Penny farthings, high wheelers, boneshakers and bicycles - Cycling - Penny farthings, bone shakers and bicycles
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes: Scientific
Daguerreotypists - Africa - Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey: Egypt
Daguerreotypists - Egypt - Daguerreotypes: Egypt
Daguerreotypists - Egypt - Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey: Egypt
Education - Introduction to education
Egypt - Daguerreotypes: Egypt
Egypt - Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey: Egypt
Erotica and nudes - Ethnographic nudity
Ethiopia - Introduction to photography in Ethiopia
Ethnic and traditional costumes - Cartes de visite: Ethnic and traditional costumes
Ethnographic nudity - Ethnographic nudity
Events - Albumen prints: Events
Events - Introduction to events
Evidence - Evidence
Evidence - The Congo Atrocities
Expeditions and exploration - Expeditionary Art: An Appraisal
Expeditions and exploration - Introduction to nineteenth century scientific expeditions
Expeditions and exploration - László Almásy: Expeditions in the Sahara (1930s)
Fabricated realities - Backgrounds: Incongruous
Fabricated realities - Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
Family life - Markets
Fashion - Eyewear
Fashion - Fashion 1950s
Fashion 1950-1960 - Fashion 1950s
Flora - Early photographs of trees
Gabon - Introduction to photography in Gabon
Gelatin silver prints - Gelatin silver prints: Fashion
Gelatin silver prints - Gelatin silver prints: Portrait
Genre studies - Markets
Ghana - Introduction to photography in Ghana
Ghana - James Barnor: Studio portraits
Ghana - Pieter Hugo: Ghana
Group portraits - Group portraits
Guns - Firearms and the military
Hair - J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere: Nigerian hairstyles
Hair - Parts of the body: Hair
Infrared photography - Black and white infrared photography
Interiors of photographic studios - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
Islam - Islamic architecture
Islamic architecture - Islamic architecture
Land transportation - Motorcycles and scooters
Lantern slides - Lantern slides of Uganda (ca. 1890s)
Lantern slides - Magic lantern slides
Leisure - Leisure: Cycling - Penny farthings, boneshakers and bicycles
Liberia - Alfred J. Tulk: Community gathering with drums and dancing, Liberia (1932)
Liberia - Augustus Washington: Liberia
Libya - Introduction to photography in Libya
Libya - László Almásy: Expeditions in the Sahara (1930s)
London - Introduction to photography in London
Magic lanterns - Magic lantern slides
Mali - Malick Sidibe: Portraits
Mali - Seydou Keita: Portraits from Mali
Medical - Introduction to medical photography
Motorcycles and scooters - Motorcycles and scooters
Musicians - Percussion
Nature - Introduction to nature photography
Nigeria - Introduction to photography in Nigeria
Nigeria - J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere: Nigerian hairstyles
Occupational - Policemen and policewomen
Occupational - Porters
Orientalism - Daguerreotypes: Egypt
Peoples of the world - Arabs
Peoples of the world - Cartes de visite: Ethnic and traditional costumes
Peoples of the world - People of the world
Photo-mechanical processes - Collotypes
Photochromes - Photochroms - Detroit Photographic Co: Photochromes
Photographers - Self-portraits of photographers
Photojournalism - Albumen prints: Events
Portrait - Introduction to the portrait
Portrait - The contemporary portrait
Religious architecture - Christian architecture
Religious architecture - Islamic architecture
Rivers and streams - Landscape: Rivers and streams
Royalty - Introduction to the portraiture of royalty
Royalty - Sally [Sarah] Bonetta Forbes (c. 1843-80)
Salt prints - Salt prints: Exteriors
Scientific - Albumen prints: Scientific
Scientific - Anthropology
Scientific - Daguerreotypes: Scientific
Scientific - Introduction to scientific photography
Scientific - Nineteenth century botany
Self-portraits - Samuel Fosso: Self portraits
Self-portraits - Self-portraits of photographers
Senegal - Introduction to photography in Senegal
Senegal - Oumar Ly: Portraits
Sierra Leone - Introduction to photography in Sierra Leone
Social life and meeting places - Markets
South Africa - B.W. Caney: South Africans
South Africa - Introduction to photography in South Africa
South Africa - Peoples of South Africa
Sports and pastimes - Leisure: Cycling - Penny farthings, boneshakers and bicycles
Still life - Albumen prints: Still life
Studio necessities - Backgrounds used in nineteenth century photographic studios
Sudan - Introduction to photography in Sudan
Sudan - Sudanese
Text and calligraphy - Text and calligraphy: Examples
Togo - Alex A. Acolatse: Studio portraits
Trees - A 20th century and contemporary perspective on trees
Trees - Early photographs of trees
Typologies - Examples of typologies
Uganda - Introduction to photography in Uganda
Uganda - Lantern slides of Uganda (ca. 1890s)
Urban life - Markets
Water and waterfalls - Landscape: Rivers and streams


 
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