Indian female of the Arrowauka Nation [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Indian female of the Arrowauka Nation [graphic]
- Creator
- Benedetti, Michele, 1745-1810, printmaker
- Contributor
- Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797, artist.
- Published / Created
- [1 December 1792]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published Decr. 1st, 1792, by J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard
- Abstract
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A young Arawak native American woman, shown full-length and wearing a beaded apron and standing with her right foot posed on a small rock. She holds a parrot held high in her right hand and a bow and arrow in her left. On the left in the distance another Arawak is shown ready to shoot his his arrow
- Description
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Title from caption below image.
The engravings are believed to have based on drawings by the author J.G. Stedman, two of the plates acknowledging the attribution. Stedman was a friend of William Blake who may have assisted Stedman, an amateur artist.
Plate from: Stedman, J. G. Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America. London : J. Johnson & T. Payne, 1806-1813.
Offset from letterpress text on verso. - Provenance
- Grosvenor Prints; April 2014.
- Extent
- 1 print : image 182 x 133 mm, on sheet 256 x 197 mm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 792.12.01.03
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Book illustrations
Engravings England London 1792 - Material
- engraving ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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Suriname.
Guiana. - Subject (Topic)
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Slavery
Indians of South America
Arrows
Bows (Weapons)
Hunting
Parrots - Subjects
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Suriname
Slavery > Suriname
Indians of South America > Guiana
Arrows
Bows (Weapons)
Hunting
Parrots
England > London > 1792
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11946718
- Object ID (OID)
- 15810510