French Officers and Soldiers Group Portrait
place: label: Place
content: Africa
culture: label: Culture
content: Edo (African people)
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content: West African photographs
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Photographic print (albumen., b&w, 10 x 16 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: ca. 1890
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Donated by Enrica Sturani, 1995.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1995-017, Item EEPA 1995-170005
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two men seated next to two cannons, foreground, and six soldiers standing, background, Grand Popo, Benin, between 1877-1895. Accompanying inscription reads, "Mr. Paettet agent of Fabre Grand Popi French Officer & soldiers." Photographer unknown.