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- Creator:
- Ruotte, Louis Charles, 1754-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1778]
- Call Number:
- 778.00.00.72+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A couple dance together under a lush tree with large fruit hanging from its branches. They are accompanied by two men playing instruments, a drum and tambourine as one woman claps along to the music. Others, including a small girl, stand and converse
- Alternative Title:
- Negroes dance in the Island of St. Dominica
- Description:
- Titles engraved below image, in French and English., Approximate date of publication from dealer's description. A slightly later date in the 1780s is suggested by the active dates and street address information listed for the publisher Depeuille in the British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Dedication engraved beneath titles: ... is humbly dedicated to the Honble. Charles O'Hara, Brigadier General of His Majesty's Army in America ... by his most obedt. & dutiful servt., A. Brunias.
- Publisher:
- Chez Depeuille, rue St. Denis, la boutique attenant St. Jacques l'Hopital, et au Palais Royal au Pavillon près le bassin
- Subject (Geographic):
- Haiti.
- Subject (Topic):
- Black people, Dance, Indigenous peoples, and Musical instruments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Danse des Negres dans L'Isle de St. Dominique A Negroes dance in the Island of St. Dominica / [graphic] =
