Five Men
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
Height: 6 in. (15.2 cm) Width: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Classification
Photographs
Culture
Ghana
Department
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Ross Family Fund Gift, 1999
Accession Number
1999.184.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Five Men**, ca. 1880–85, is a compelling albumen silver print from glass negative, created by pioneering Lutterodt and Son Studiolikely led by Albert George Lutter—in Ghana (then the British Gold Coast). Measuring just 6 x 4⅛ inches, this carte-de-visite-sized portrait captures five men in a formal group pose, embodying the era's studio photography tradition. Produced during a time of colonial influence, it reflects how Ghanaian photographers embraced Western technology to document local lives with poise and dignity. The albumen silver process, popular in the 19th century, coated paper with...
About the Artist
Albert George Lutterodt|George A. G. Lutterodt|Lutterodt and Son Studio (Ghanaian|Ghanaian| ) · 1876 |1870 | – |1910 |
Ghanaian, active from 1876|Ghanaian, active from 1876|