The sketchbooks of the explorers
Title:
The sketchbooks of the explorers
Producer:
Edouard Manduau (°1855 - †1937)
Theme:
hut
Legend:
This ink drawing, found in one of the small notebooks of Edouard Manduau, depicts a forge at the station in Leopoldville in 1884. We can make out an agent of the AIC, possibly Manduau himself. He was a lieutenant in the merchant navy and was appointed to assemble and repair maritime vessels in Leopoldville. He was assisted in this work by a European and two Africans.
Depicted place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo > Kinshasa > Kinshasa
Inscription:
Léopoldville
Forge
Dimensions:
9,5 cm x 15 cm
Technique:
graphic arts > drawing > ink
Inventory number:
HO.1956.90.217-1