IDNO

LS.52131.WCR

Description

Place

W Africa; Nigeria; Niger River

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Crosse, William Henry (Dr., PMO)

Collector / Expedition

Royal Niger Company, 1886 - 1895

Date

1886 - 1895

Collection Name

Crosse Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

The lantern slide was in wooden box formerly numbered 39. It has now been renumbered C249/ by the cataloguer.

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being "Caribbean America; ?West Indies", but identifying this lanternslide as part of William Crosse's collection places it as relating to the Niger River region of Nigeria. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 15/08/2022]

Collection Name: The Photographer, Date and Collection Name field were previously unprovenanced, but matching this lanternslide 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, 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]