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Women and social class; the Gold Coast [graphic] / Chedel, sc.
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Creator
Chedel, engraver.
Title
Women and social class; the Gold Coast [graphic] / Chedel, sc.
Publisher
[Paris: s.n]
Publisher
FRANCE. Paris. 1749
Date
[1749]
Physical Description
1 print: wood engraving; image 12 x 7 cm. (4.75 x 3.75 in)
Description
The engraving is included in Chapter III, "Negres du Royaume de Juida. Leur figure, leur habillement, leur caractere & leur nourriture." It shows, from left to right, an upper-class woman (Fig. 1), a female slave (Fig. 3), and two female servants (Fig. 2). They are dressed according to class: the upper-class woman wears a fringed dress and a comparatively elegent headdress; the servants wear simpler robes and head coverings; the slave wears a tunic around her waist, which leaves her breasts exposed, and her head is uncovered.
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. 14, p. 316.
The key above the image reads: 1. Femmes de qualité, 2. Femmes de commun, 3. Esclaves.
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 14 p 316
Accession number
66187.D
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Fels African Americana Image Project
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