COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
12843
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12843
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Record number:
12843-3
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12843-3
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JCB call number:
D818 S812v
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D818 S812v
JCB call number
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Image title:
Graman Quacy
image_title
Graman Quacy
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Creator 1:
Dall'Acqua
creator1
Dall'Acqua
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Creator 1 role:
inc.
creator1_role
inc.
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false
Creator 2:
V. Ramieri
creator2
V. Ramieri
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false
Creator 2 role:
colori
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colori
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false
Place image published:
[Milan]
place_image_published
[Milan]
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false
Image publisher:
[Giambattista Sonzogno]
image_publisher
[Giambattista Sonzogno]
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false
Image date:
[1818]
image_date
[1818]
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Image function:
plate 4; vol. 4, following p. 80
image_function
plate 4; vol. 4, following p. 80
Image function
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Technique:
etching, hand coloring
technique
etching, hand coloring
Technique
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Image dimension height:
10.6 cm.
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10.6 cm.
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Image dimension width:
6.3 cm.
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6.3 cm.
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Page dimension height:
17.9 cm.
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17.9 cm.
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Page dimension width:
9.9 cm.
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9.9 cm.
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Materials medium:
ink, colors
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ink, colors
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Materials support:
paper
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paper
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Description:
A black man in eleborate European dress with a feathered cocked hat, watch, and a walking stick stands before a dwelling and fortifications with a flag.
description
A black man in eleborate European dress with a feathered cocked hat, watch, and a walking stick stands before a dwelling and fortifications with a flag.
Description
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Source creator:
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797
source_creator
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797
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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 ...
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Source place of publication:
Milano [Milan]
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Milano [Milan]
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false
Source publisher:
Dalla tipografia di Giambattista Sonzogno
source_publisher
Dalla tipografia di Giambattista Sonzogno
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false
Source date:
1818
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1818
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notes:
Quacy, or Kwasi, was born in West Africa ca. 1690 and transported to Suriname as a child. By 1730, he had discovered the medicinal properties of the Quassiehout, Quassia amara, and served during the next six decades as the colony's leading medicine man with vast influence over all the inhabitants, black, white, and native, of Suriname. He was also the colony's principal intermediary in dealing with maroons, serving first as a scout, then a negotiator, and then as an advisor to the Rangers. Kwasi was manumitted, became a planter, and remained active well into his nineties.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 (06944-72).
notes
Quacy, or Kwasi, was born in West Africa ca. 1690 and transported to Suriname as a child. By 1730, he had discovered the medicinal properties of the Quassiehout, Quassia amara, and served during the next six decades as the colony's leading medicine man with vast influence over all the inhabitants, black, white, and native, of Suriname. He was also the colony's principal intermediary in dealing with maroons, serving first as a scout, then a negotiator, and then as an advisor to the Rangers. Kwasi was manumitted, became a planter, and remained active well into his nineties.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 (06944-72).
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:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Slavery--Suriname
subject_heads
Slavery--Suriname
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Slaves--Emancipation--Suriname
subject_heads
Slaves--Emancipation--Suriname
Subject headings
false