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
Title from item., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Proof with title. Cf. No. 5490 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Place of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Adaptation, in reverse, of The oracle by John Dixon., Temporary local subject terms: Acts: Stamp Act -- America: tea -- Taxation: tea -- Emblems: France as a cock --Personifications: Time -- Europe -- Asia -- Africa -- America -- Switzerland -- Holland -- Lighting: magic lantern -- Flags: American flag with serpent -- French prints., and "No. 126" added in an unknown hand at top center of sheet.
