Portrait of Gordon Hickson
59 x 55 mm | Negative film nitrate
Date of Print:
Unknown
Accession Number:
2005.51.56
Description:
A member of the Sudan Political Service, identified as Gordon Hickson, sitting in his home at Aweil smoking a pipe and reading.
The room interior also contains a large radio player, carved stool and leopard skin rug.
Lienhardt visited Hickson during his service in Aweil during 1948-51.
Hickson later served at El Obeid (1952) and Malakal (1953-54).
Photographer:
Godfrey Lienhardt
Date of Photo:
1948-1951
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Northern Bahr el Ghazal Aweil
Group:
European
NamedPerson:
Gordon Hickson
Notes:
Gordon Hickson identified by his daughter Caroline Hickson in email correspondence 23 June 2006 (see Related Document File for Lienhardt coll.) [CM 26/06/2006]
PRM Source:
Estate of Ronald Godfrey Lienhardt, via Ahmed al-Shahi (literary executor)
Acquired:
Donated 2005
Other Owners:
Godfrey Lienhardt Collection
Class:
Shelter , Communication , Carving , Furnishings , Narcotic , Colonial
Keyword:
Building Interior , Pipe
Recorder:
Christopher Morton 21/7/2005 [Southern Sudan Project]
