Dutch fort Elmina Castle, Gold Coast, Africa, circa 1865

ambrotype

PHOTOGRAPHS - AMBROTYPES
Brooks, John F.
GOLD COAST
Circa 1865
ambrotype
frame 10 x 12 in.; picture 6-1/2 x 8-1/2 in.

Full plate ambrotype of Elmina Castle, a Dutch fort on the Gold Coast, present day Ghana. Fort St. Jago on hill at right. Thatched roof houses in foreground. This was Dutch enclave 1637-1872. Photo dated c. 1865. From collection of Boston merchant John F. Brooks. Ref: A.W. Lawrence "Trade Castles & Forts of West Africa", London: Jonathan Cape, 1963.

1980.22.3