A Negro market in the West Indies [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- A Negro market in the West Indies [graphic].
- Contributor
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Beastall, W. E., active 1806, artist.
Motte, Charles Etienne Pierre, 1785-1836 - Published / Created
- [not before 1831]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed by Motte, 70 St. Martins Lane
- Abstract
-
A scene of a busy market in the West Indies with enslaved, free Africans, and white mingling amongst the vendors: The Black vendors are seated on the ground with their wares displayed around them, including produce (mellons, pineapples, bananas, etc.), livestock (goats, pigs, poultry, etc.); one man (left) is holding a lizard (iguana?); a little boy holds a bird on his finger. One woman carries her chickens and a piglet in a basket balanced on her head. Customers, both Black and mixed-race, mingle with vendors. White women with umbrellas and white men wearing hats walk among the vendors; a horse and carriage and buildings are in the background
- Description
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Title from text below image.
Based on a 1806 etching with the title: Negroes Sunday Market at Antigua. Engraved by Cordon, Pub. by G. Tustolini, London, 1806. See National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK. Accession reference: National Maritime Museum, ZBA2594.
Motte started publishing in 1818 in Paris, opened a branch in London in 1830, and moved to 70 St. Martin's Lane in 1831. See British Museum online catalogue.
"From an original drawing taken in 1806."--Lower left, below design.
After W.E. Beastall and the engraving by Cardon. Cf. Negroes Sunday market at Antigua / engraved by Cardon. Pub. by G. Tustolini, London, 1806. Accession reference: National Maritime Museum, ZBA2594.
Imprint partially burnished and illegible. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. x.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 33 x 49 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 831.00.00.51+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Lithographs England London 1831
- Material
- lithograph ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Antigua.
- Subject (Topic)
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Black people
Animals
Farm produce
Markets
Poultry
Slave trade - Subjects
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Antigua
Black people
Animals
Farm produce > Antigua
Markets > Antigua
Poultry
Slave trade
England > London > 1831
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
- 8527038
- Object ID (OID)
- 15813849