Antique Photographs from Congo

A very fine rare Royal Doulton plate depicting a Zulu Warrior from Royal Doulton 's African Series . In very fine condition . This would have been part of a collection of plates de...

A very interesting and humorous postcard from the 1930's with what I believe to be the original frame . Representing two African American Husband and wife . As you move the postcard ...

This is a fine collection of Wedding matts from the Mbole people of Congo. Honored guests would be gifted a matt to sit on at the Wedding of a Royal Girl. The matts would not be used...

This is a very fine painting created to commemorate the Soldiers of Great Britain , France and ,Belgium who went to the Great War in 1914. The work was skillfully created by a Notti...

During the rule by the British Crown in India between 1858 and 1947, tiger-hunting was regarded as a royal sport. In the 19th century, tigers were plentiful throughout all the forest...

Antique Ethnographic Tribal prints A set of Three 19th century Hand coloured Lithographic prints featuring Tribal people from Papua new Guinea, Tonga and the Sandwich islands Fr...

Late 19th century Photograph, Victorians in Tropics, domed glass with trompe l'oiel wood grain frame. Period Black White image has been pasted onto board and inserted into frame, needs a matt as the photo does not cover entire backing. Interesting subject matter of a Victorian couple...

“Unquestionably the greatest photographer of sculpting in the world who himself became a sculptor”. Tom Rosenthal, The Listener, 1960s This rare studio-stamped print is a masterful example of Kenett's sculptural photography. Frederick Leslie Kenett was born in Berlin in 1924 to a German doctor. Kennett was forced to flee the country in 1939 and came to England, joining the US Intelligence Corps during the war. After the War he studied photography at the Guildford School of Art. Following his studies Kenett specialised in photographing sculpture and works of art using a skilful method of lighting and shooting using 5x4 film or glass plate. He was soon given important commissions for museums, publishers, governments and collections across the world. In 1962 Kenett was commissioned by the Nigerian government to take photographs of one hundred African sculptures. The present stamped and numbered photograph by Kenett shows a famous Benin bronze head...