MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
76-93
Record number:
76-93-15
JCB call number:
D823 C965
Image title:
[Confectioner.]
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
[E. Wallis]
Image date:
[1823]
Image function:
illustration; p. 17
Technique:
wood engraving, hand coloring
Image dimension height:
7.2 cm.
Image dimension width:
8.2 cm.
Page dimension height:
17.8 cm.
Page dimension width:
10.7 cm.
Materials medium:
ink, colors
Materials support:
paper
Description:
A man makes candy using a scale and spoon. Inclues bottles, pan, and scoop.
Source Title:
Cuffy the negro's doggrel description of the progress of sugar ...
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Printed for E. Wallis, 42, Skinner Street, Snow Hill ...
Source date:
[1823]
notes:
This work shows the labors of a slave named Cuffy, born in Africa and formerly of Baltimore, Maryland. His life is described in verse, meant to be read by children, and shows the cultivation of sugar cane and production of sugar in Barbados.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1976.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject headings:
Sugar trade--Great Britain

[Confectioner.]

     
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