Sujet

Voyage to the Gold Coast of Africa: negro visitors on board the Volta, 1874. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Voyage to the Gold Coast of Africa: negro visitors on board the Volta, 1874. 'The voyage to the Gold Coast of West Africa in the mail steam-packet Volta has been accomplished by our Special Artist, Mr. Melton Prior...[who] took the opportunity to sketch a party of the overdressed black ladies and idle gentlemen of African race who came on board the steamer during its stay at Sierra Leone'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM25A32_205

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

26,9Mo (1,9Mo) / 31,4cm x 21,5cm / 3707 x 2536 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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