Caption

Portrait of two unknown men from Dahomey with drums in the Jardin d'acclimatation, Paris, Les Dahoméens au jardin d'acclimatation, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Maurice Bucquet, cliché maker: Rouillé, c. 1886 - in or before 1891, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 178 mm x width 119 mm, Print on unnumbered page., historical persons not known by name, drum (musical instrument), greenhouse, orangery, Jardin d'acclimatation, Two barefoot men stand side by side on a path lined with plants, each wearing patterned wrap skirts and crisscrossed beaded chest straps, headbands, and arm bands; both hold drums suspended by straps, with one drum held at the side and the other positioned in front, and a glass-roofed structure with large fronds and foliage fills the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A81_164

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47.3Mb (6.7Mb) / 11.0in x 16.7in / 3304 x 5009 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait two unknown men Dahomey drums Jardin d'acclimatation Paris Les Dahoméens au jardin d'acclimatation page photomechanical print photographer Maurice Bucquet cliché maker Rouillé c 1886 - 1891 paper collotype photoprint height 178 mm x width 119 mm Print unnumbered page historical persons name drum musical instrument greenhouse orangery Two barefoot men stand side path lined plants wearing patterned wrap skirts crisscrossed beaded chest straps headbands arm bands hold drums suspended straps drum held positioned front glass-roofed structure large fronds foliage fills background