"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

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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

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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