Object Details
Creator
Visser, Robert, 1860-1937
Collection Citation
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Printed caption on recto reads: "Congo Français. No. 9. Sculpteur d'Ivoire."
Translated caption reads: "French Congo. No 9. Ivory sculptor."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Photographie R. Visser, Déposé."
Postmarked postage stamp on recto.
Publication caption reads: "14. Ivory carver, French Congo; [Congo Français No. 9 - Sculpteur d'Ivoire]; Photograph by Robert Visser; c. 1890-1900, postcard, collotype; Publisher unkown, c. 1905; Postmarked July 26, 1906; EEPA Postcard Collection 1985-140830."
Items EEPA CF-04-03 and EEPA CF-20-98 bear variations of the same recto image.
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Local Numbers
EEPA CF-04-03
Place
Africa
Congo (Brazzaville)
Occupation
Artists
Topic
Portrait photography
Provenance
I.U.: Indiana University collection; Donation.
Creator
Visser, Robert, 1860-1937
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF)
Extent
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Date
[ca. 1906]
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CF 1985-140830
Type
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
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
Geary, Christraud, M. "In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa, 1885-1960," London: Philip Wilson Publishers, 2002, p. 27.
Genre/Form
Postcards
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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Record ID
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