Historic Engravings collection
place: label: Place
content: Zanzibar
label: Place
content: Nigeria
label: Place
content: Dahomey
label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Tanganyika, Lake
label: Place
content: Senegal -- Social life and customs
label: Place
content: Benin (Kingdom)
label: Place
content: Africa -- Maps
label: Place
content: Africa -- Colonization
label: Place
content: Africa -- Discovery and exploration
label: Place
content: Zambezi River
topic: label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
label: Topic
content: Africa -- Ethnology
label: Topic
content: Slave trade -- Africa -- History
label: Topic
content: Explorers -- Africa
culture: label: Culture
content: Zulu (African people)
label: Culture
content: Khoikhoi (African people)
label: Culture
content: Ashanti (African people)
label: Culture
content: Africans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Historic Engravings collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Historic Engravings collection is comprised of 154 pages of engravings, dating from 1747 to circa 1905.  The engravings depict subject matter related to Africa and Africans.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 154 Items (29 folders, engravings, 21 1/2 x 16 in. (54.6 x 40.6 cm.) or smaller)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1747-circa 1905
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transfered from the Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art.  Accessioned as a group in 2010.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2010-003
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Engravings
label: Type
content: Newspapers
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Series one and two are arranged by publisher name and filed chronologically thereafter.  Series 3 is arranged alphabetically by expedition leader name, and series 4 is organized by accession number.

Series 1: Illustrated London News, 1851-1901 (51 items; Map Case Drawer M1, 9 folders)

Series 2: Harper's Weekly, 1867-1905 (19 items; Map Case Drawer M1, 4 folders)

Series 3: Expedition Leaders, Bankes to Smith,  circa 1800s-circa 1904 (51 items; Map Case Drawer M1, 11 folders)

Series 4: Other/Unidentified, 1747-circa 1905 (33 items; Map Case Drawer M1, 5 folders)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Gabriella Bellegarde and Eden Orelove, 2016.
label: Description note
content: Each page of engravings is counted as one item.  When there are multiple engravings on a page, this is indicated in a note under the item listing.  When known, the publisher, author, and citation are provided.  

When there are engravings on both sides of a page, the pages are differentiated with sides A and B.     

All information not in brackets and/or in quotes are original titles; words in brackets were provided by the archivist.

Dimensions are given in height by width.  When there are multiple engravings on one page, the measurement of the entire page is given; each engraving is not measured distinctly.  However, when there is only one engraving on a page, the specific measurement of that engraving is provided.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Engravings
label: Genre/Form
content: Newspapers
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Historic Engravings collection consists of 154 pages of engravings, dating from 1747 to circa 1905, with the bulk created in the second half of the nineteenth century.  Many of the engravings were completed for publication in leading nineteenth-century newspapers, including the Illustrated London News and Harper's Weekly.  

Numerous engravings depict scenes from expeditions, including the Dr. Livingstone (Central and South Africa), Baker (Central Africa), and Stanley expeditions.  Topics illustrated include  agriculture,  ceremonies, city and town views, ships, animals, battles, domestic scenes, diamond mines, and fashions.  Represented peoples include the Khoikoi, Abyssinian, Ashanti, Griquas, Khoikoi, Ndebele, and Zulu.  Finally, the engravings depict such wide-ranging locations as Abyssinia, Annesley Bay, Chupanga, Dahomey, Gondokoro, Hadoda Pass, Hamhamo Spring, Keiskamma Gorge, Mount Kilimanjaro, Kongone River, Lake Tanganyika, Limpopo River, Matabili [now Zimbabwe], Morocco, Nigeria, the Red Sea, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tekonda Pass, Ujiji, Umizimkulu Waterfall, Zambesi Delta, and Zanzibar, among others.