COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
12840
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12840
Accession number
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Record number:
12840-3
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12840-3
Record number
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JCB call number:
D818 S812v
jcb_call_no
D818 S812v
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Giovanna.
image_title
Giovanna.
Image title
false
Creator 1:
Lazaretti
creator1
Lazaretti
Creator 1
false
Creator 1 role:
colori
creator1_role
colori
Creator 1 role
false
Creator 2:
Dall'Acqua
creator2
Dall'Acqua
Creator 2
false
Creator 2 role:
Inc.
creator2_role
Inc.
Creator 2 role
false
Place image published:
[Milan]
place_image_published
[Milan]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Giambattista Sonzogno]
image_publisher
[Giambattista Sonzogno]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1818]
image_date
[1818]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate 3; vol. 1, following p. 108
image_function
plate 3; vol. 1, following p. 108
Image function
false
Technique:
etching, hand coloring
technique
etching, hand coloring
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
10.7 cm.
image_dimensions_height
10.7 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
6.5 cm.
image_dimensions_width
6.5 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
17.9 cm.
page_dimensions_height
17.9 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
10.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
10.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink, colors
materials_medium
ink, colors
Materials medium
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Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
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Description:
A black, female slave holding a hat stands in a landscape. Her hair is decorated with a flower and several gold ornaments.
description
A black, female slave holding a hat stands in a landscape. Her hair is decorated with a flower and several gold ornaments.
Description
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Source creator:
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797
source_creator
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797
Source creator
false
Source Title:
[Narrative of a five years' expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam. Italian] Viaggio al Surinam e nell' interno della Guiana ...
source_title
[Narrative of a five years' expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam. Italian] Viaggio al Surinam e nell' interno della Guiana ...
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
Milano [Milan]
source_place_of_publication
Milano [Milan]
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Dalla tipografia di Giambattista Sonzogno
source_publisher
Dalla tipografia di Giambattista Sonzogno
Source publisher
false
Source date:
1818
source_date
1818
Source date
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notes:
Joanna was the daughter of a Dutch settler named Kruythoff and a black slave. She became Stedman's mistress and bore him a son. Stedman worked successfully to obtain both Joanna's and his son's freedom before he returned to England.Stedman, a member of the Scots Brigade in the Netherlands, went to Surinam to help repress a revolt of former slaves. His book, translated into six languages, describes, among other things, the cruel treatment of slaves in that colony.His book was originally illustrated by William Blake, Francesco Bartolozzi, and others; those illustrations have been copied and slightly reinterpreted by the illustrator of this edition. The text of this edition is based on the 1798 French edition.The artist could be Cristoforo dall'Acqua, Austrian printmaker and draftsman, 1734-1787.Cf. John Stedman, Narrative, of a five years' expedition ... London, 1796 (06944-6).
notes
Joanna was the daughter of a Dutch settler named Kruythoff and a black slave. She became Stedman's mistress and bore him a son. Stedman worked successfully to obtain both Joanna's and his son's freedom before he returned to England.Stedman, a member of the Scots Brigade in the Netherlands, went to Surinam to help repress a revolt of former slaves. His book, translated into six languages, describes, among other things, the cruel treatment of slaves in that colony.His book was originally illustrated by William Blake, Francesco Bartolozzi, and others; those illustrations have been copied and slightly reinterpreted by the illustrator of this edition. The text of this edition is based on the 1798 French edition.The artist could be Cristoforo dall'Acqua, Austrian printmaker and draftsman, 1734-1787.Cf. John Stedman, Narrative, of a five years' expedition ... London, 1796 (06944-6).
notes
false
Time Period:
1801-1850
time_period
1801-1850
Time Period
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1920.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 1920.
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:
Guianas
geographic_areas
Guianas
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Portraits
subject_groups
Portraits
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Joanna, 18th cent.
subject_heads
Joanna, 18th cent.
Subject headings
false