Harry C. Ellis photographs of Herbert Ward's studio in Paris
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 75-52
name: label: Creator
content: Ellis, Harry C., b. 1857
label: Names
content: Ward, Herbert, 1863-1919
place: label: Place
content: Africa -- Art
label: Place
content: Paris (France)
topic: label: Topic
content: Artists' studios
label: Topic
content: Bronzes
creator: label: Creator
content: Ellis, Harry C., b. 1857
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Harry C. Ellis was an American photographer in Paris (circa 1898-1927) who worked under the moniker "American Flashlight Photographer." Some of his photographs were commissioned by the National Geographic Society, and many depict artists of the time, including Auguste Rodin and Loie Fuller.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 24 Prints (silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1911
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Photographs possibly donated by Sarita Ward to Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, with Ward's African collection. Transferred to National Anthropological Archives, 1975.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.75-52
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs documenting Herbert Ward's studio, collection of African artifacts, and bronze sculptures of African subjects. The photographs are in an album titled "L'atelier de Herbert Ward, Paris," with the inscription "To Thomas Nelson Paye with Herbert's love. Paris, 1911."
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Ward's collection of bronzes and artifacts, depicted in the photographs in this collection, can be found in the Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, in accession 067312.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: A pamphlet on the Herbert Ward African Collection can be found in the National Anthropological Archives reference files.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional Ellis photographs of Ward's studio can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 4 (under H.C. Ellis).
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Ward's drawings, made during the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 1999-23.