Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Two men carry another on a hammock]
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Accession number:
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09226
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Record number:
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09226-1
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JCB call number:
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E716 F896r /1-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Two men carry another on a hammock]
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Creator 1:
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I.B. Scotin
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Creator 1 role:
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Sculpsit
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Nyon ... Ganeau ... Quillau]
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Image date:
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[1716]
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Image function:
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Plate XXXV; following p. 272
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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17.1 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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27.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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24.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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33.9 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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Two enslaved Black people use a pole to carry a man on a covered hammock. A Black slave stands by with a parasol and sword. The two porters also carry two supports for the hammock.
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Source creator:
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Frézier, Amédée François, 1682-1773
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Source Title:
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Relation du voyage de la mer du sud aux côtes du Chily et du Perou fait pendant les années 1712, 1713 & 1714.
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Source place of publication:
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A Paris
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Source publisher:
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Chez Jean-Geoffroy Nyon ... Etienne Ganeau ... Jacque Quillau
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Source date:
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MDCCXVI [1716]
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notes:
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Text describes how rich people in Salvador, Brazil, make it a point never to walk, but to be carried in a "serpentin." The engraver is perhaps Jean-Baptiste Scotin (b. 1678).
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Time Period:
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1701-1750
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1870.
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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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Commentary:
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geographic area:
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Brazil
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Brazil--Description and travel
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Subject headings:
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Slavery--Brazil
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