Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Giovanna.
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Accession number:
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12840
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Record number:
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12840-3
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JCB call number:
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D818 S812v
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Image title:
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Giovanna.
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Creator 1:
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Lazaretti
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Creator 1 role:
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colori
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Creator 2:
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Dall'Acqua
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Creator 2 role:
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Inc.
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Place image published:
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[Milan]
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Image publisher:
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[Giambattista Sonzogno]
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Image date:
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[1818]
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Image function:
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plate 3; vol. 1, following p. 108
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Technique:
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etching, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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10.7 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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6.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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17.9 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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10.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink, colors
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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A black, female slave holding a hat stands in a landscape. Her hair is decorated with a flower and several gold ornaments.
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Source creator:
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Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797
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Source Title:
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[Narrative of a five years' expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam. Italian] Viaggio al Surinam e nell' interno della Guiana ...
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Source place of publication:
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Milano [Milan]
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Source publisher:
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Dalla tipografia di Giambattista Sonzogno
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Source date:
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1818
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notes:
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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).
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1920.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Guianas
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Subject Area:
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Portraits
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Subject headings:
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Joanna, 18th cent.
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