Details
Creator Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815 engraver.
Contributor Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797 artist.
Title A female negro slave, with a weight chained to her ancle [sic] [graphic] / Bartolozzi sculpt.
Publisher London: Published by J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard
Publisher ENGLAND. London. 1795
Date Dec. 1, 1795
Physical Description 1 print: mezzotint; image 19 x 14 cm. (7.5 x 5.25 in)
Description Engraving was done after one of John Gabriel Stedman's own drawings; it records an incident that he witnessed during his travels in Surinam. In Port Amsterdam, Stedman encountered a young female slave dressed in a scanty loin-cloth, which, like her skin, bore the traces of a whip. As punishment for failing to complete a task to which she was unequal, the young woman was forced to wear a chain around her ankle to which a hundred pound weight was also affixed. This she wore for some months.
Is part of Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797. Narrative, of a five year's expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam. London: Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & J. Edwards, Pall Mall, 1796.
Notes Plate IV in John Gabriel Stedman's Narrative, of a five year's expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America; from the year 1772 to 1777 (London: Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, & J. Edwards, Pall Mall, 1796), vol. I, facing page 15.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Punishment Scenes.
Subject Women slaves -- Punishment & torture -- Suriname.
Punishment devices.
Geographic subject Suriname -- Pictorial works -- 18th century.
Genre Mezzotints -- 1790-1800.
Book illustrations -- 1790-1800.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1796 Sted 755.Q v 1 p 15
Accession number 755.Q