II. Divine Kingship
1984
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1984
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
II. Divine Kingship is a 1984 by Tony Phillips, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Tony Phillips made an etching in 1984 called II. Divine Kingship. It’s a print, part of a twelve-plate series he titled History of the Benin Bronzes. He drew this after reading how British papers called the Oba and his people “savages.” That lie helped justify a violent raid and looting in Benin City in 1897. Look up Tony Phillips next.
The etching shows the head of the Benin Oba in ceremonial regalia, positioned between two leopards, which symbolize royal authority in Benin cosmology.
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Tony Phillips made a series of twelve prints in 1984 that blend symbols and everyday scenes.
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