The plate on the right shows, a young Arawak 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; in the distance another Arawak is shown ready to shoot his arrow and The plate on the left shows, a Arawak native slitting the throat of a large Aboma snake that is hanging from a branch of a tree, suspended by a rope around its neck. Two other Arawak natives pull at the rope to hoist the snake higher. A man in Western dress, his back to the viewer, directs the work of the natives from the ground (left foreground), his rifle resting against the trunk of the tree. On the right in the distance, a man sits in a boat on the river
Description:
Title from caption below image., The engravings are believed to have based on drawings by the author J.G. Stedman, two of the early plates acknowledging the attribution. Stedman was a friend of William Blake who may have assisted Stedman, an amateur artist., "Indian female of the Arrowauka Nation" first engraved by Benedetti and published "Decr. 1st, 1792, by J. Johnson"., and Copies of plates origingally printed for: 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.
Publisher:
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, Paternoster Row
Subject (Geographic):
Suriname. and Guiana.
Subject (Topic):
Slavery, Indians of South America, Arrows, Bows (Weapons), Hunting, Parrots, and Snakes
An Arawak native slits the throat of a large Aboma snake that is hanging from a branch of a tree, suspended by a rope around its neck. Two other Arawak natives pull at the rope to hoist the snake higher. Captain Stedman, his back to the viewer, directs the work of the natives from the ground (left foreground), his rifle resting against the trunk of the tree. On the right in the distance, a man sits in a boat on the river
Description:
Title from caption below image., The engravings are believed to have based on drawings by the author J.G. Stedman, two of the early plates acknowledging the attribution. Stedman was a friend of William Blake who may have assisted Stedman, an amateur artist., and 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.
Publisher:
Published Decr. 2d, 1793 by J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Suriname. and Guiana.
Subject (Name):
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797,
Subject (Topic):
Slavery, Indians of South America, Hunting, and Snakes
A young woman in foreground, wearing boots and a plumed hat over her large wig, holds a gun over her shoulder and carries two dead partridges. A footman stands behind her, pointing a finger and laughing at her and dodges the barrel. A pointer walks in front of her, while a second man on horseback stands some distance away. The background is of a cloudy winter landscape
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Women hunters, Fowling, Hunting, Game bird hunting, Hunting dogs, Firearms, and Clothing & dress
Leaf 93. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man stands in profile to the left in a rural setting. He looks along the barrel of a gun with a raised trigger. He wears a large looped-up club, low hat, a coat with facings, half-boots and striped stockings."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. V: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1773., Plate numbered "v. 5" in upper left corner and "22" in upper right corner., First of three plates on leaf 93., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.6 x 12.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act Jany. 16, 1773, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Leaf 93. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man stands in profile to the left in a rural setting. He looks along the barrel of a gun with a raised trigger. He wears a large looped-up club, low hat, a coat with facings, half-boots and striped stockings."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate from vol. V: Characters, macaronies, & caricatures. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1773., and Plate numbered "v. 5" in upper left corner and "22" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act Jany. 16, 1773, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Verse begins: "God prosper long our noble king,", In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; imprint at the foot of fifth, below a single rule; the columns are not separated by rules., Woodcut depicts a leader carrying a decorated spear followed by four heavily armed soldiers., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 18. Copy trimmed. Imprint supplied from more perfect copy in British Library., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Manuscript on parchment, composed of 2 parts, both of uneven quality. Part I of the codex written in the 15th century. The final quire, written probably in the 14th century, was bound in with the first 186 ff. in the 16th or 17th century. Contains excerpts of historical tracts, medical recipes, charms, prayers, notes on parliament, philosophy, and dream interpretation, proverbs, poems, notes on horses and hunting, and excerpts from astronomical and religious tracts
Description:
In English and Latin., Script: Part I (ff. 1-186): Written in Anglicana, by 2 main scribes, with abundant notes and texts added in margins and blank spaces by other hands. On ff. 179r-181r the scribe begins in Anglicana formata but lapses into a more cursive grade. Initials (3- and 2-line), underlining, rubrics and slashes at ends of sentences in red. From ff. 103r-140v, 3- and 2-line initials in blue with red penwork and long flourishes; on ff. 30r-31v (on the exchequer), checkerboards in blue, red and black in upper and lower margins. Water stains on ff. 1-2, only affecting a few words of the text. Part II (ff. 187-193): Written by one scribe in an uneven 14th-century Anglicana. Three-line initial on f. 187r not filled in. Outer column of f. 187 cut off., and Binding: 16th-17th centuries. Limp, flush boards are made up of fibrous, felted material (paper?) sandwiched between two layers of vellum, which extend across the spine. This case is glued and tacketed to the bookblock with three tackets consisting of at least six threads each. Stitches go through the spine linings around three threads at head and tail. Covered with tawed skin, originally pink, the turn-ins glued over the pastedowns. The cover extends in fore-edge and envelope flaps. Some rodent damage on the upper board and part of the envelope cut away. Discoloration and traces of adhesive on three outer edges of envelope flap.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Charms, English literature, Hunting, Manuscripts, Medieval, Medicine, and Medicine, Medieval