Live auction - Lot 476
Live auction - Lot 476
[Congo]
A group portrait and a portrait of Congolese people.
Late 19th c
Hammer price: €
390
€ 120 / 150
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Lot description
Albumen prints, 20 x 25 cm, pasted on black cardboard, photographer's blindst. in the image.
Cogels (1888-1914) was an Antwerp born photographer who made a set of 12 half-plate portraits of Congolese participating in the 1894 Antwerp universal exhibition. These two photographs are probably taken at the same moment.
Ref. Directory of Belgian Photographers.