
Queen accompanied on an excursion by her servants. Roosters and women's heads - components of looted art (Benin bronzes), which were sold to Germany, among others, in the course of the colonization of Africa by the United Kingdom in 1897. The Benin Bronzes are a group of several thousand metal plaques and sculptures that decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin, in what is now Edo State, Nigeria. Collectively, the objects form the best examples of Benin art and were created from the thirteenth century by artists of the Edo people. In addition to their great art-historical importance, they also play an important role in the international discussion about the return of cultural property of colonial origin. Halftone print after a photograph, published in 1899.