COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
05748
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05748
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Record number:
05748-1
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05748-1
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JCB call number:
E809 D721v
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E809 D721v
JCB call number
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Image title:
O maîtres blancs! vous pas tuyer moi, pauvre la Prudence, faire tout pour blancs, bon dieu secourir nous!
image_title
O maîtres blancs! vous pas tuyer moi, pauvre la Prudence, faire tout pour blancs, bon dieu secourir nous!
Image title
false
Creator 1:
N. Finart
creator1
N. Finart
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
del.
creator1_role
del.
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
Bovinet
creator2
Bovinet
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
Sculp.
creator2_role
Sculp.
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Chez Chaumerot]
image_publisher
[Chez Chaumerot]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1809]
image_date
[1809]
Image date
false
Image function:
fold-out frontispiece
image_function
fold-out frontispiece
Image function
false
Technique:
etching and engraving
technique
etching and engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
16.4 cm. (platemark)
image_dimensions_height
16.4 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
22.4 cm. (platemark)
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22.4 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width
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Page dimension height:
21.6 cm.
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21.6 cm.
Page dimension height
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Page dimension width:
28 cm.
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28 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink
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ink
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Languages:
French
languages
French
Languages
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Description:
A black man entreats one of six white men who holds a knife over his head. The distressed men occupy a coastline, with another coastline visible in the distance.
description
A black man entreats one of six white men who holds a knife over his head. The distressed men occupy a coastline, with another coastline visible in the distance.
Description
false
Source creator:
Dorvo-Soulastre
source_creator
Dorvo-Soulastre
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Voyage par terre de Santo-Domingo, capitale de la partie espagnole de Saint-Domingue, au Cap-Français, ...
source_title
Voyage par terre de Santo-Domingo, capitale de la partie espagnole de Saint-Domingue, au Cap-Français, ...
Source Title
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Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
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false
Source publisher:
Chez Chaumerot, libraire, au Palais du Tribunat, Galeries de bois, no. 188
source_publisher
Chez Chaumerot, libraire, au Palais du Tribunat, Galeries de bois, no. 188
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1809
source_date
1809
Source date
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notes:
Engraver is probably Edme Bovinet, 1767-1832.Scene is taken from the end of the recounting of a trip from Santo Domingo to Cap Français on the island of Hispaniola, present-day Haiti and Dominican Republic. A group of Frenchmen making the journey by boat were captured by the English and then let go on a low "island" which the English appear to have believed to be Cuba. Told by the captain of the English ship that they could walk to a Spanish garrison, the freed captives wandered for days with nearly no provisions. On the point of dying of thirst and hunger, the captain of the group decided to kill La Prudence, the black who served them, in order to eat him and thus preserve the lives of the rest of the group. The rest of the men protested, and La Prudence begged for his life in the words of the image title. He was spared and a short time later found the body of a cayman which provided the sustenance that made it possible for the men to build a raft and make their way to Cuba where they were nursed back to health.
notes
Engraver is probably Edme Bovinet, 1767-1832.Scene is taken from the end of the recounting of a trip from Santo Domingo to Cap Français on the island of Hispaniola, present-day Haiti and Dominican Republic. A group of Frenchmen making the journey by boat were captured by the English and then let go on a low "island" which the English appear to have believed to be Cuba. Told by the captain of the English ship that they could walk to a Spanish garrison, the freed captives wandered for days with nearly no provisions. On the point of dying of thirst and hunger, the captain of the group decided to kill La Prudence, the black who served them, in order to eat him and thus preserve the lives of the rest of the group. The rest of the men protested, and La Prudence begged for his life in the words of the image title. He was spared and a short time later found the body of a cayman which provided the sustenance that made it possible for the men to build a raft and make their way to Cuba where they were nursed back to health.
notes
false
Time Period:
1801-1850
time_period
1801-1850
Time Period
false
Subject matter:
Saint Domingue
subject_matter
Saint Domingue
Subject matter
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1874
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Castaways--Caribbean area--Personal narratives
subject_heads
Castaways--Caribbean area--Personal narratives
Subject headings
false