Three Aborigines in an exhibition at the Crystal Palace in London Three Aborigines in an exhibition at the Crystal Palace in London Property Type: photographs Item number: RP-F 00-1002 Inscriptions / Brands: stamp, verso, stamped "Vosmaer'naam, verso and recto, printed on paper "Negretti & Zambra Crystal Palace' Manufacturer : publisher: Negretti & Zambra (listed property) Place manufacture: England Date: 1884 Physical features: albumen print material: paper paper cardboard Technique: albumen print dimensions: photo: h 149 mm × W 103 mmblad: h 168 mm b × 106 mmToelichtingDe three Aborigines us
Three Aborigines in an exhibition at the Crystal Palace in London Three Aborigines in an exhibition at the Crystal Palace in London Property Type: photographs Item number: RP-F 00-1002 Inscriptions / Brands: stamp, verso, stamped "Vosmaer'naam, verso and recto, printed on paper "Negretti & Zambra Crystal Palace' Manufacturer : publisher: Negretti & Zambra (listed property) Place manufacture: England Date: 1884 Physical features: albumen print material: paper paper cardboard Technique: albumen print dimensions: photo: h 149 mm × W 103 mmblad: h 168 mm b × 106 mmToelichtingDe three Aborigines used English names: Billy (the man on the right), Jenny and her son Toby. They were from the islands off the North Queensland coast. Billy came Hinchinbrook Island and Jenny and Toby came from the Palm Islands. Along with six others went in 1883 under the leadership of Robert A. Cunningham, an agent of the American Phineas T. Barnum, his Ethnological Congress of Strange Savage Tribes on tour to museums in North America. Then they went to Europe, but by the time they left America, had died already two. Four others in the group died in Belgium, Germany and France. Billy, Jenny and her son Toby were the only survivors; They traveled from Moscow to Constantinople and back to London in 1887. Subject: human races; people; nationaliteitennames of historical buildings, sites, streets, etc. (Crystal Palace) names of cities and villages (with NAME) anonymous historical persons Portrayed in a group, in a group-portrait collection, exhibition, show where: 1884 - 1884
Size: 1276px × 1958px
Photo credit: © Art World / Alamy / Afripics
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