IDNO

LS.49234.WCR

Description

Group of seven European men, possibly members of an expedition team?, sitting and standing outside a white canvas tent.
William Crosse is possibly sitting at the front left with the cap and dark tie. [JD 5/11/2008]

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Niger River

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

?William Henry Crosse

Photographer

Crosse, William Henry (Dr., PMO)

Collector / Expedition

Royal Niger Company, 1886 - 1895

Date

circa 1890 - 1910

Collection Name

Crosse Collection

Source

?Robinson, Charles Henry (Rev, Canon)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

C159/ was formerly numbered 2 by T. Hoare. There are 29 lantern slides in the box.

Place: This Place field was previously recorded as being "?Oceania; ?Europe; ?Americas; ?Australasia; ?Asia; ?Africa", but the lanternslide is part of a series that appears to be from West Africa, particularly Nigeria, Niger Delta, and Cameroon. This was confirmed by Len Pole, 28/10/2008. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 5/11/2008]

Date: Based on the style of the men’s clothing in LS.49234., the series of photographs probably dates circa 1890 - 1910. The Date field has been amended accordingly. [JD 6/11/2008]

Related Image: The 64 x lanternslides in box C403/, LS.82424. - LS.82491., and annotated as "SLIDES. MISC." appears to have the same manuscript on the lanternslides, and were also possibly taken in the same place and date. [JD 1/10/2014]

Collection Name: The Photographer and Collection Name field were previously unprovenanced, but matching this negative to the same series of other negatives, N.74244.ACH2 to N.74249.ACH2 and N.78251.ACH2 to N.78256.ACH2, and lanternslides, LS.82424 to LS.82491, it shows that the photographs were made by William Henry Crosse, Principal Medical Officer, Royal Niger Company, 1886 - 1895. The Photographer and Collection Name fields have been amended accordingly. [JD 13/01/2014]

Source: The Source field was previously unprovenaced, but the photographs may have been donated to the MAA by Rev. Charles Henry Robinson, who published some of Crosse's photographs in the following publication. The Source field has been provisionally amended accordingly. [JD 13/01/2014]

Bibliographical Reference: Nigeria: Our Latest Protectorate,
By Charles Henry Robinson M.A, Canon Missioner of Ripon and Lecturer in Hausa in the University of Cambridge (London, Horace Marshall and Son, 1900), pp.v-vi
"I am indebted to the Rt. Hon. Sir Geo. Goldie for permission to use
several photographs taken in connection with the work of the Royal Niger Company, also to Dr. W. H. Crosse, for many years Medical Officer of the Company, for the loan of many photographs taken by himself, and to Miss C. M. Stiff, of Cheltenham, for preparing several drawings of native articles." [JD, 13/01/2014]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 5/11/2008]