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"Sketches in Sierra Leone"

1856 October 25

African history · place not specified

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.

Engravings entitled: "'Egg-Gu-Gu' Itinerant Necromancer, and Music"; "Bambooing a Hut"; "Interior of Piazza"; and "Freetown, Sierra Leone, Pademba Road".

Collection
Historic Engravings collection
Archival grouping
Historic Engravings collection / Series 1: Illustrated London News / [EEPA 2010-003-0001 to 0006]
Catalog date
1856 October 25
Format and extent
4 Engravings (15 3/4 x 11 in. (40 x 28 cm.))
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Sources & collection details

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art — original record ↗

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: EEPA.2010-003, File EEPA.2010.003.0003

Collection: Historic Engravings collection

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