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Forgerons du Congo, Five blacksmiths in a recreated Congolese village at the Antwerp World Exhibition in 1894, Exposition Universelle d'Anvers 1894, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Charles Bernhoeft, Antwerp, cliché maker: Charles Bernhoeft, Luxembourg (Belgian province), 1894, Charles Bernhoeft, photographer, cliché maker, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 152 mm x width 216 mm, adult man, smith, blacksmith, world fair, world exhibition, World Exhibition 1894 (Antwerp), Period, 1894-05-05 - 1894-11-05, Five people stand and sit in front of a rocky backdrop beneath a simple wooden frame topped with horizontal poles. One person on the left wears a long striped robe and a pointed hat, holding a vertical post. Next to them a shirtless person stands with a wrapped lower garment and holds a stick. A seated person in the center wears a headwrap and is partially obscured by the structure and a low wooden device with supports. To the right another shirtless person wears patterned cloth around the waist and stands holding a strap. On the far right a person in a patterned long garment stands with hands clasped. Large rocks, patches of vegetation, and carved stone surfaces fill the background. The ground in front appears textured and uneven.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B05_008

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

36.8Mo (10.5Mo) / 36.2cm x 25.5cm / 4271 x 3011 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Forgerons du Congo Five blacksmiths recreated Congolese village Antwerp World Exhibition 1894 Exposition Universelle d'Anvers 1894 page photomechanical print photographer Charles Bernhoeft Antwerp cliché maker Luxembourg Belgian province paper collotype photoprint height 152 mm x width 216 mm adult man smith blacksmith world fair world exhibition World Exhibition 1894 Period 1894-05-05 - 1894-11-05 Five people stand sit front rocky backdrop beneath simple wooden frame topped horizontal poles person left wears long striped robe pointed hat holding vertical post Next them shirtless person stands wrapped lower garment holds stick seated person center wears headwrap partially obscured structure low wooden device supports right another shirtless wears patterned cloth waist stands holding strap far right patterned long garment stands hands clasped Large rocks patches vegetation carved stone surfaces fill background ground textured uneven