Busts in Bronze

Hugh Owen

1851–1852

Salted paper print

J. Paul Getty Museum

Two bronze busts, one of a man with a beard and head covering, and another of a woman with braided hair and a necklace, are displayed side-by-side. Photograph of two bronze busts of African man and woman designed by Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier and cast by the firm, Eck et Durand. On the left is the bust known as that of Saïd Abdullah of the Mayac, Kingdom of the Darfur, and the bust on the right is known as the "African Venus."