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Various Artists, including William Blake, after John Gabriel Stedman

Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America (volume I), 1796

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Medium

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

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of William B. O'Neal

Accession Number

1982.58.3

Artists / Makers

John Gabriel Stedman (author) British, 1744 - 1797

John Gabriel Stedman (artist after) 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

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

O'Neal, William B., Professor

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).

Bibliography

1921: Keynes 1921, p.241, no.111.

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