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Maison de Sierra Leona [graphic].
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Title
Maison de Sierra Leona [graphic].
Title
House in Sierra Leone
Publisher
[Paris: s.n]
Publisher
FRANCE. Paris. 1749
Date
[1749]
Physical Description
1 print: wood engraving; image 8 x 18 cm. (5.25 x 7.25 in)
Description
The engraving is included in Chapter IV, "Voyage du Capitaine William Keeling, à Bantam & à Banda, en 1607. As the title suggests, the image shows a house in Sierra Leone, specifically that of Captain Thomas. His house consists of two round huts with thatched, conical roofs. They are joined together by a third hut, which has no roof. The scene also includes an idol (identified as "Idole du Païs"), which is protected by a small, conical cover. A man prays on the ground in front of it. In the foreground, two Africans smoke long pipes. A spear rests beside one of them.
Is part of
Histoire générale des voyages. Paris: Chez Didot, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, à la Bible d'or, 1749.
Notes
Illustration in Histoire générale des voyages: ou, Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre . . . (A Paris: Chez Didot, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, à la Bible d'or, M.DCC.XLIX, [1749]), vol. 4, p. 48.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Genre
Wood engravings -- 1740-1750.
Book illustrations -- 1740-1750.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1749 Prev 66187.D v 4 p 48
Accession number
66187.D
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Fels African Americana Image Project
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