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[Getaufte Neger] [graphic].
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Title
[Getaufte Neger] [graphic].
Title
[Baptized Negroes]
Publisher
[Halle: s.n]
Publisher
GERMANY. Halle. 1757
Date
[1757]
Physical Description
1 print: engraving; image 15 x 21 cm. (5.75 x 8 in)
Description
Episode follows the baptism of several blacks under the authority of the Moravian Church. Three men, presumably the pastor and two deacons, stand to the far right. The baptismal font, a large barrel, rests on the floor in front of them. According to the caption, the image depicts newly baptized blacks who, after praying and prostrating themselves, are helped to their feet and kissed by other members of the community. Two groups of parishoners -- one consisting entirely of men, the other of women -- watch from the left.
Is part of
Cranz, David, 1723-1777. Kurze, zuverlässige Nachricht von der, unter dem Namen der Böhmisch-Mährischen Brüder bekanten, Kirche Unitas Fratrum. Halle: s.n., 1757.
Notes
Fold-out plate at the back of David Cranz's Kurze, zuverlässige Nachricht von der, unter dem Namen der Böhmisch-Mährischen Brüder bekanten Kirche Unitas Fratrum (Halle: s.n., 1757), plate NVII.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from Slave Life.
Subject
Baptism.
Moravians -- Rites and ceremonies.
Blacks -- Missions.
Genre
Engravings -- 1750-1760.
Book illustrations -- 1750-1760.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1757 Cran 72764.O plate NVII
Accession number
72764.O
In Collections
Fels African Americana Image Project
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