Congo Français No. 25. Vierge à vendre
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA CF-20-39
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Photographer
- Visser, Robert, 1860-1937
- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Brazzaville)
- Topic
- Portrait photography
- Vernacular architecture -- Africa
- Provenance
- JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase
- Photographer
- Visser, Robert, 1860-1937
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
- Date
- ca. 1900
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CF 1985-140720
- Type
- Archival materials
- Postcards
- Postcards
- Picture postcards
- Collection Citation
- African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
- Bibliography
- Freyer, Bryna M. and Patton, Sharon R., "Treasures: 2008," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African Art, 2008, p. 54.
- Genre/Form
- Picture postcards
- Scope and Contents
- Printed text on recto reads: "Congo Français. / No. 25. Vierge à vendre."
- Translated postcard caption reads: "French Congo. No. 25. Virgin for sale."
- Additional printed text on recto reads: "Photographie R. Visser, Déposé."
- Items EEPA CG-20-38 and EEPA CF-20-39 are duplicate postcards excepting slight caption variation.
- Robert Visser photograph reproduced on postcard is part of series of images carved into an ivory tusk which is now part of the National Museum of African Art (2007-1-2).
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087836-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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