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- Creator:
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 December 1794]
- Call Number:
- 794.12.01.08
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A black rebel holds a musket in his right hand as he turns to his left looking up apprehensively. Around his waist is a bandolier with a pouch and a hatchet. At his feet is the skull of a human head. Behind him on the right in the distance are two blacks running in the brush, also armed with rifles
- Alternative Title:
- Rebel negro armed and on his guard
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Imprint from other illustrations in this publication., 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., and Plate published 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 Decr. 1st 1794 by J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard
- Subject (Geographic):
- Suriname. and Guiana.
- Subject (Topic):
- Slavery, Enslaved persons, Indians of South America, Rebels, and Rifles
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A rebel negro armed & on his guard [graphic]