An Ethiopian Chief, ca. 1897, Platinum print, 18.1 x 18.4 cm. (7 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.), Photographs, F. Holland Day (American, Norwood, Massachusetts 1864–1933 Norwood, Massachusetts), The 1896 defeat of the Italians by Abyssinian Emperor Menelek II at Adowa in northern Ethiopia provided Day with the inspiration for a series of heroic figure studies entitled Menelek, Nubia, and variations of An Ethiopian
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Ethiopian Chief, ca, 1897, Platinum print, 18.1 x 18.4 cm, 7, 1/8, x 7, 1/4, Photographs, F. Holland Day, American, Norwood, Massachusetts, 1864–1933, 1896, defeat, Italians, Abyssinian Emperor, Menelek, II, Adowa, northern Ethiopia, provided, Day, inspiration, series, heroic figure, studies, entitled, Nubia, variations, Ethiopian
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