Isaac Oluwole
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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Isaac Oluwole
by Elliott & Fry
toned vintage print cabinet card, circa 1893
5 7/8 in. x 4 in. (148 mm x 102 mm)
Given by Corporation of Church House, 1959
Photographs Collection
NPG x125150
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- Elliott & Fry (active 1863-1962), Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 10998 portraits.
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Spreading the Word: Bishops from across the Globe (From 15 July 2013)
- Before Windrush: Images of Black and Asian Figures (14 September 2002 - 23 March 2003)
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Jacqueline Burrows
24 April 2022, 15:45
Isaac Oluwole spent one term as a pupil at Monkton Combe School, Bath in 1879. Ref: Monton Combe School archives. This photograph was taken a few months after he left the school.