MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
07385
Record number:
07385-6
JCB call number:
E834 D288v / 3-SIZE
Image title:
[top] Les refraichissemens de l'après diner sur la Place du Palais. [bottom] Une visite a la campagne.
Creator 1:
Jean Baptiste Debret
Creator 1 dates:
1768-1848
Creator 1 role:
del.
Creator 2:
Charles Motte
Creator 2 role:
lith. de
Place image published:
[Paris]
Image publisher:
[Firmin Didot Frères]
Image date:
[1835]
Image function:
plate 9 and 10; vol. 2, following p. 44
Technique:
lithograph
Image dimension height:
22.8 cm.
Image dimension width:
34.9 cm.
Page dimension height:
54 cm.
Page dimension width:
34 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
French
Description:
[top] Black [slave] women serve gentlemen and soldiers in a public square. Built environment includes tower, sentry box, and ships. Also includes dogs, baskets, and jugs. [bottom] A Portuguese landowner seated on a chair receives visitors. Black [slave] women sew, remove hats and shawls, and tend children. One black [slave] woman, wearing a tin mask, fans flies with two tree branches.
Source creator:
Debret, Jean Baptiste, 1768-1848
Source Title:
Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil ... Tome deuxième
Source place of publication:
Paris
Source publisher:
Firmin Didot Frères, imprimeurs de l'Institut de France
Source date:
M DCCC XXXV [1835]
notes:
Image placed horizontally on page.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Commentary:
geographic area:
Brazil
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities

[top] Les refraichissemens de l'après diner sur la Place du Palais. [bottom] Une visite a ...

[top] Les refraichissemens de l'après diner sur la Place du Palais. [bottom] Une visite a la campagne.