"A Natural Disposition of a Zulu Family at their Home"
J. E. Middlebrook, The Premier Studio, Kimberly, South Africa, South African, 19th century
John Joseph Ernest Middlebrook, South African, 1863 - 1943
about 1888-1894
Albumen print
Overall: 5 13/16 × 7 15/16 in. (14.8 × 20.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dori and Daniel Rootenberg
2019.51.1
Geography
Place Made: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in negative, lower margin: R.484 - A NATURAL DISPOSITION OF A ZULU FAMILY AT THEIR HOME; MIDDLEBROOOK DURBAN COPYRIGHT
Course History
First Year Student Enrichment Program – Cultures, Identities and Belongings, Colleen Lannon, Summer 2023
First Year Student Enrichment Program - Cultures, Identities and Belongings, Mokhtar Bouba, Summer 2023
Philosophy 1.11, Art: True, Beautiful, Nasty, John Kulvicki, Summer 2023
Writing 2.05, Why Write, Anyway?, Erkki Mackey, Fall 2023
Writing 5.24, Photographic Representations, Amanda Wetsel, Fall 2023
Writing 5.25, Photographic Representations, Amanda Wetsel, Fall 2023
Exhibition History
Homecoming: Domesticity and Kinship in Global African Art, Harteveldt Family Gallery, Owen Robertson Cheatham Gallery, and Northeast Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 22, 2023–May 25, 2024.
Provenance
Dori and Daniel Rootenberg, New York, New York; given to present collection, 2019.
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