The sketchbooks of the explorers
Title:
The sketchbooks of the explorers
Producer:
Charles Callewaert (°1855 - †1945)
Theme:
headdress, local authority, portrait
Legend:
The portraits made by the European agents of Leopold II often enabled people to put a face to a name, a name that was transmitted by word of mouth such as this chief of Kimpoko. Sometimes Charles Callewaert was inspired by photographs. Certain images in his notebook "Types of the Equator" presents a report with a photo or with the Spanish version of the work of H.M. Stanley on the EIC foundation (E. M. Stanley, "El Congo y la creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre. Historia de los trabajos y exploraciones verificados", Barcelona, S.d.).
Inscription:
Banfounna ou Babbalia
Gambiellé, Chef de Kimpoko
Kimpoko 18 Févr. 1882
Date of acquisition:
1989
Dimensions:
24 cm x 17,5 cm
Technique:
graphic arts > mixed technique
Inventory number:
HO.0.1.3143