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John Burke — Group of Afredees

John Burke

Group of Afredees

1878

Part of Burke's ethnographic documentation of frontier peoples, this group portrait reflects the Victorian imperial practice of cataloguing indigenous populations encountered during military expeditions.

Medium
albumen print

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John Burke, Group of Afredees, 1878

Part of Burke's ethnographic documentation of frontier peoples, this group portrait reflects the Victorian imperial practice of cataloguing indigenous populations encountered during military expeditions.

Medium
albumen print
Year
1878
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Albumen Print, Documentary, 19th Century, Photograph, Group, Historical, Realistic, Portrait, British, Black and White

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