Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America (volume I)

1796

John Gabriel Stedman

Author, British, 1744 - 1797

Various Artists

Artist

William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

Francesco Bartolozzi

Artist, Florentine, 1727 - 1815

Thomas Conder

Artist, British, 1746 - 1831

Thomas Holloway

Artist, British, 1748 - 1827

Inigo Barlow

Artist, British, active c. 1790

Perry

Artist, British, active 18th century

Michele Benedetti

Artist, Italian, 1745 - 1810

Various Artists, including William Blake, after John Gabriel Stedman

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with engraved title page, letterpress text, and 41 etching and engravings (some with stipple, one with aquatint) on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    book: 27.8 × 22.2 × 4.5 cm (10 15/16 × 8 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1982.58.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Professor William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA; gift 1982 to the National Gallery of Art..

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2021

  • Afro-Atlantic Histories, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, 2021-2024 (shown only in Washington), no repro.

Bibliography

1921

  • Keynes 1921, p.241, no.111.

2021

  • Pedrosa, Adriano, and Toledo, Tomàs, editors.Afro-Atlantic Histories. Exh. cat. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2021-2022.

Markings

on title page, stamped in blue: griffin / G W W (unidentified collector mark)

Watermarks

1794

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