Family of Negro Slaves from Loango, 1793

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series Title

Stedman's "Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition"

Medium

etching and engraving on wove paper mounted on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 24.2 × 17.5 cm (9 1/2 × 6 7/8 in.)
mount: 28.3 × 20.7 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Keynes 1921, no. 111, State (xiii)

Accession Number

1943.3.1836

Artists / Makers

William Blake (artist) British, 1757 - 1827

John Gabriel Stedman (artist after) British, 1744 - 1797

Image Use

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Inscription

recto: in plate, below image, at right: Blake Sculpt.; in plate, below image, at center: Family of Negro Slaves from Loango; on mount, in graphite, at lower left: K. III xiii; on mount, in graphite, at lower right: 3-4320 37-1432; verso: none

Bibliography

1921: Keynes, Geoffrey. A bibliography of William Blake. New York: Grolier Club, 1921.