Object Details
Creator
Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society
Freeman, Thomas Birch, 1809-1890
Collection Citation
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Postcard illustration of a Thomas B. Freeman before the Court of the King of Ashanti in 1839. Accompanying text on reverse reads: "'In January, 1839, Freeman made a journey to Kumassi...After a tedious march...he reached his goal and was received by the king in barbaric state. The Court, on rising, defiled past its guest in a procession lasting a full hour-and-a-half. For some days the visitor was confined to his apartments, as his Majesty 'was aware that Europeans did not like to see human sacrifices'! All day long the muffled death-drums beat, and Freeman watched from the courtyard of his lodging the vultures wheeling over the city of blood.'"
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Published by Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, 24, Bishopsgate, E.C.; Postcard Series 'R' (6 designs) Printed in Great Britain."
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Local Numbers
EEPA GH-15-03
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
Numbering Peculiarities Note
Verso labelled with former accession number format: A1995-23-10. Additional accession number on verso: EEPA 1985-140310.
Place
Africa
Ghana
Topic
Leaders
Ashanti (Kingdom)
Provenance
source location: United Kingdom; purchased by Christraud Geary FY 1995; EEPA 1995-023
Creator
Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society
Freeman, Thomas Birch, 1809-1890
Culture
Ashanti (African people)
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 20: Ghana (GH)
Extent
1 Postcard (rotogravure., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
Date
[ca. 1910]
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA GH 1995-023-0010
Type
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Illustrations
Picture 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.
Genre/Form
Illustrations
Picture postcards
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871088038-3