Sub-Saharan Africa

Antique Views of Sub-Saharan Africa

Original 18th and 19th-century engravings covering Benin, Guinea and the Gold Coast: a procession to the temple of the Great Serpent in Benin, circumcision rites after Labat, the funeral of an Ashanti chief by A. Thom, and Nathaniel Parr's plates of West African dress and dwellings, from 1746 to 1877.

A category of interest to historians of West Africa and collectors of early ethnographic imagery, showing how European engravers of the period recorded local customs. All prints are originals of their era, supplied with a technical sheet and exact measurements.