Title

One of the sons of Onnese Obi Osai chief of Aboh, River Niger, drawn by John Duncan, 1840-42. Creator: John Duncan.

Caption

One of the sons of Onnese Obi Osai chief of Aboh, River Niger, drawn by John Duncan, 1840-42. Inside front cover of the medical and surgical journal of His Majesty's Steam Ship Albert, by J. O. McWilliam, MD, surgeon. The Albert explored the course of the Niger River from 1841. The illustration appears to have been cut from a published source and pasted inside the journal. Beneath it is a written note 'Ali Hare came on board accompanied by a dozen little boys, who seemed to be nearly coeval [the same age]. These were sons of [the] Obi."

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM25A46_147

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

44,1Mo (5,7Mo) / 26,3cm x 42,0cm / 3105 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

river Africa people male boy boys child children continent geography African profile hair native text location collection century handwriting hairstyle Niger expedition B&W lettering archive hairdo engraved engraving hairdressing 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century geographical feature River Niger West African indigenous portrait indigenous people John Duncan Duncan John McWilliam The National Archives Heritage Art 19th-century Niger expedition The National Archives UK TNA James Ormiston McWilliam James Ormiston