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Alan Paton at Store

Creator:
Larrabee, Constance Stuart  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Larrabee, Constance Stuart  Search this
Extent:
1 Negative ((silver gelatin)., b&w, 6 x 6 cm.)
1 Photographic print ((contact print)., b&w, 6 x 6 cm.)
1 Photographic print ((dupe print)., b&w, 8 x 10 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Negatives
Photographic prints
Place:
Africa
South Africa
Date:
1949
Scope and Contents:
Alan Paton at Store, Natal. An Indian woman is handing a bunch of carrots to Alan Paton. A young Indian girl and man are standing next to the woman. Photograph by Constance Stuart Larrabee, Feb. 1949.
This photograph was taken when Constance Stuart was on assignment for Harper's Bazaar, an American magazine. Her task was to create a portfolio inspired by the seminal book "Cry, The Beloved Country," which had brought the conditions in South Africa to the attention of the world. The author of the book was the South African writer Alan Paton (1903-1988). It was published in the United States in 1948. Alan Paton accompanied her on the assignment. In June 1949, Harper's Bazaar published an essay by Alan Paton entitled "A Letter from South Africa in which Alan Paton Guides you to his Corner of the 'Beloved Country'." Six photographs by Constance Stuart accompany the essay.
There are no prints of this negative in the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection. EEPA produced an 8x10 study print for reference purposes.
Local Note:
Contact Sheet Number: 332090-16A
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Genre/Form:
Photographic prints
Collection Citation:
Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection, EEPA 1998-006, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-060193
See more items in:
Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection
Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 1: Photographs / Photographs / Alan Paton, Natal, South Africa
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo76632d151-eefa-4679-be16-8176d1a622b8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1998-006-ref702

Mangbetu Woman Photograph

Extent:
1 Photographic print (silver gelatin, black & white, 27.5 x 19.2 cm. )
Container:
Box 1
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Africa
Date:
1928
Summary:
This collections contains one photograph taken by Elisabeth, Queen of the Belgians, of a Manbetu woman in 1928.
Arrangement note:
Collection consists of one photograph.
Abstract:
Bavarian-born Elisabeth, Queen of the Belgians (1876-1965), regularly photographed during her travels. A member of the Wittelsbach family, who ruled Bavaria until 1918, she shared her family's interest in travel, scholarship, and the arts.

She took the photograph during an official visit with her husband, King Albert I, to the Belgian Congo in 1928. Soon after the royal couple's return, the magazine Illustration Congolaise published a commemorative book entitled Le voyage au Congo de leurs Majestés, le Roi et la Reine des Belges. 5 juin - 31 août 1928. The first part of the book contains her images. The second part with photographs by other photographers, shows her in several pictures, holding a camera. Elisabeth left a remarkable body of technically accomplished, well-composed photographs. Among them is this portrait of a Mangbetu woman. Queen Elisabeth took it in Buta, a regional capital of the Uele District, during an official event staged for the royal travelers on the well-groomed grounds of the mission station of the P.P. Prémontrés and the Soeurs du Sacré-Coeur. The Mangbetu delegation arrived from Niangara at 450 kilometers distance from Buta to greet the royals. The woman portrayed in this image was part of a group of four Mangbetu women posing in another picture for the Queen, published in the commemorative volume (see attached Ill. 1 on the right).

The full portrait is shown in Louis Franck's 1929 deluxe two volume set Le Congo Belge (opp. vol. 1, p. 41; see attached Ill. 2). By then, the image, which echoes a famous picture of a Mangbetu women taken by Georges Specht during the famous Citroën rally La croisière noire through African in 1924, had become an icon. It is among the most widely disseminated images of a Mangbetu with the famed, aureol-like coiffure. In 1931, this close-up portrait of the Mangbetu woman migrated to another medium: it became a 75 centimes postage stamp for the Belgian Congo (Ill. 3).

The stamp, part of a series of scenes showing indigenous peoples, animals and landscapes, which was also issued as a stamp booklet, was discontinued only in 1942.

The portrait is signed by Elisabeth in the front right corner in pencil. According to a note on the back of the cardboard the image was given to Julian Huxley by Elisabeth.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Rights:
For study purposes only. Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Rare photographs  Search this
Genre/Form:
Black-and-white photographs
Identifier:
EEPA.2002-007
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo71ff4ef78-0014-4846-aa5b-4e82f0d8ba43
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2002-007

Mary L. Jobe Akeley / by Dawn-Starr Crowther

Author:
Crowther, Dawn-Starr  Search this
Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe) 1878-1966  Search this
Subject:
Akeley, Mary L. Jobe (Mary Lenore Jobe) 1878-1966  Search this
Physical description:
[28] p. : 4 ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Africa
Date:
1989
C1989
Topic:
Explorers  Search this
Women photographers  Search this
Photographers  Search this
Call number:
TR647.A331 C7 1989
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_548341

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