African Collection (page 19)

Gray Crowned Cranes at Nyeri, Kenya
circa 1910s

The Indigenous Quarter at Harar, Ethiopia
circa 1910s

A portrait of the tap dancer Bill Robinson - Boojangles)
A portrait of the tap dancer Bill Robinson (Boojangles), 1930 Date: 1930

Cover of Dance Magazine, November 1930, perhaps representing the tap dancer Bill Robinson (Boojangles). Sketched by Jose Manuel Acosta Date: 1930

Portrait of well-dressed North African man, probably Algeria
Vintage 19th century photograph: Portrait of a well-dressed North African man, probably Algeria

Young veiled North African women, probably Algeria / Tunisia
Vintage 19th century photograph: Portrait of young veiled North African women, probably Algeria or Tunisia

Portrait of a North African woman with a pot
Vintage 19th century photograph: Portrait of a North African woman with a pot

Young North African soldier with his gun

Well dressed North African man, probably Algeria

North African man with jug and dish
19th century vintage photograph: North African man with jug and dish

Poorly Madi warrior fed Liebig Extract - Stanley
Illustration of a passage from Henry Morton Stanleys In Darkest Africa - the effect of the Liebig Companys Meat Extract on a poorly Madi Carrier. 1891

Silk grass, Yucca filamentosa. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Albino African man and woman with axe, bow and arrows. White Negroes. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Smellies translation of Count Georges Buffons History of the Earth

African Bloodhounds in the Gardens of the Zoological Society
The African Bloodhounds in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. Canis lupus familiaris. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by J

Map of the World, 1829. Copperplate drawn and engraved by Alex Findlay from William Smellies translation of Count Georges Buffons History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Thomas Kelly, London, 1829

African hunting dog, Lycaon pictus. The Tortoise Shell Hyaena or Hyaena Dog in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by W. Panormo after an illustration by W

The Striped Hyena and Spotted Hyena
The Striped Hyena, Hyaena hyaena, and Spotted Hyena, Crocuta crocuta, in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by W

East African sunset moth, Chrysiridia croesus. (Labeled as Prometheus sunset moth, Chrysiridia prometheus, Urania prometheus Urania prometeo)

Flat sea biscuit, Clypeaster rosaceus
Flat sea biscuit, sea urchin, Clypeaster rosaceus. Clipeastro rosaceo. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

African cucumber, Momordica balsamina
African cucumber, balsam apple, and balsam pear, Momordica balsamina. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Sycamore maple or planetree maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, Acero fico, Platano falso. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

African pompano and ponyfish
African pompano, Alectis ciliaris, Blepharis ciliaris, Blefaride ciliare 1 and ponyfish, Poulain ruse, Leiognathus equulus 2. Blefaride ciliare, Equula scaltra

Fan worm and other worms
Fan worm, Serpula vermicularis 1, polychaete worm, Spirorbis corrugatus 2, tube-building annelid worm, Spirobranchus triqueter 3 and Galeolaria caespitosa 4

Sooty falcon, Falco concolor. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in Sir William Jardines Naturalists

African cuckoo-hawk, Aviceda cuculoides
African cuckoo-hawk or cuckoo falcon, Aviceda cuculoides. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in Sir William

Illuminated calendar for September 1846
Calendar for September with figures of Micah and St. Matthew, quote from Timothy, disciple, woman with scales, birds, foliage and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou

African bowstring hemp, Sansevieria hyacinthoides. Aloe guinensis radice geniculata foliis ex atro undulatim variegatis, Commelin, Aloes de Guinee

Tiger beetles, varied carpet beetle, etc
Tiger beetles, Cicindela sinuata 1, Cicindela campestris 2, Cicindela sexguttata 3, Nitidula sanguinolenta 4, varied carpet beetle, Telephore flavipede 5, Anthrenus verbasci 6

Article in The Illustrated London News reporting on the 1933 visit of the Emir of Katsina to Britain. Top picture shows the Emir

The Emir of Katsina (seen third from left), his son (far left) and various notables at Wembley during a visit to London. The Emir had donated a white oryx antelope to the zoo. Date: 1924

Royal Hotel and Avenue de Lacroix at Biskra, Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

Yungo Dance - Nubian tribe of southern Egypt in their village. Date: circa 1910s

Constantine, Algeria - Caserne des Zouaves
Souvenir Greetings postcard from Constantine, Algeria - the two inset photographs show a pair of Algerian Tirailleurs (Sharp-shooters - riflemen) and the Porte de la Casbah (Gate of the Kasbah)

France - Trade - Dates from the desert oasis
Dates in wooden crates as they arrive direct from the desert oasis to the French warehouse of Champagne Freres Ld. Date: circa 1910s

Freetown, Sierra Leone
View of Freetown, capital city of Sierra Leone in 1874. 1874

Elderly South African man in elaborate headdress
Elderly South African man (Chief?) in elaborate headdress. Date: circa 1900s

An African tracker, wet from the lake, carrying a grysbok to safety in Southern Rhodesia, during Operation Noah, a large scale operation to rescue animals trapped in trees

Rubber Rule in Africa - Methods of Barbarism. The atrocities carried out against the native population in Belgina Congo, Africa. An elderly Chief is shot for not meeting his rubber collection target

Cartoon, Bravo, Chelmsford! (Battle of Ulundi)
Cartoon, Bravo, Chelmsford! A satirical comment on the Battle of Ulundi (4 July 1879), during the Anglo-Zulu War, won by Lord Chelmsfords forces against those of Cetewayo

Cartoon, A Friend in Need (Gladstone and Bright)
Cartoon, A Friend in Need -- a satirical comment on the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874) in West Africa. William Gladstone congratulates John Bright on his appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy

Cartoon, Natural Allies (Irish Republic and Abyssinia)
Cartoon, Natural Allies -- a satirical comment on two of Britains enemies, Abyssinia and the Irish Republic, being natural allies to each other

Cartoon, Tuck in Yer Twopenny! (Disraeli and Tax)
Cartoon, Tuck in Yer Twopenny! A satirical comment on Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer, raising of income tax by two pennies in the pound

Gold Mine near Johannesburg, South Africa. circa 1894

Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. circa 1840

St Georges Street, Cape Town, South Africa. circa 1840

George Walker and chorus in In Dahomey
George Walker, and other members of the cast dancing in, " In Dahomey" at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1903. The Tatler reports that the play was " produced with great success at Boston

Hilda Simms (cover of Checkers)
Hilda Simms (1918-1994) African American actress who came to Britain in 1947 in her Broadway success Anna Lucasta. Checkers was a short-lived black British magazine. Date: 1948

Anna Lucasta (programme cover)
Anna Lucasta was a popular 1940s Broadway play with an African American cast which transferred to Londons His Majestys Theatre in 1947. Date: 1947

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