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Female quadroon slave of Surinam

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A young quadroon (person of one quarter black ancestry) shown full-length standing on a shore beside a blooming bush, holding her hat on with her right hand and a handkerchief in her left. Two women are shown in the distance on the left. The one (a slave) holds a large umbrella over her mistress walking ahead of her.

  • Printmaker: Perry, John, active 1791-1812, printmaker.
  • Title: Female quadroon slave of Surinam [graphic] / Perry sculp.
  • Published: [London : J. Johnson, 1 December 1792]

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792.12.01.02

Acquired April 2014

A rebel negro armed & on his guard

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A black rebel holds a musket in his right hand as he turns to his left looking up apprehensively. Around his waist is a bandolier with a pouch and a hatchet. At his feet is the skull of a human head. Behind him on the right in the distance are two blacks running in the brush, also armed with rifles.

  • Printmaker: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker.
  • Title: A rebel negro armed & on his guard [graphic] / Bartolozzi sculpt.
  • Published: London : Published Decr. 1st 1794 by J. Johnson, St. Paul’s Church Yard, [1 December 1794]

Catalog Record & Digital Collection

794.12.01.08

Acquired April 2014