Group of church women and pastor

Alex Agbaglo Acolatse

1909 · Glass, emulsion · Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Original glass negative. The subjects are arranged in three rows. The first two rows are women, seated with their hands clasped in their laps, with a single man standing at either end of the second row. Behind this group is a third row of standing men. The women all wear white dresses with frilled collars and sleeves; all but one also wear necklaces. The majority of the men wear white overcoats while one wears a black suit. With the façade of a brick building behind them and dirt visible in the foreground, the portrait was clearly taken outdoors and not in a studio.

Artist

Alex Agbaglo Acolatse

Date

1909

Medium

Glass, emulsion

Department

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Credit line

Gift of Susan Mullin Vogel, 2015