Creator |
Finden, Edward Francis, 1791-1857 engraver. |
Contributor |
Earle, Aug. |
Title |
Gate and slave market at Pernambuco [graphic] / Drawn by Aug. Earle ; Engraved by Edw. Finden. |
Publisher |
London: Published by Longman & Co. & J. Murray |
Publisher |
ENGLAND. London. 1824 |
Date |
April 5,1824 |
Physical Description |
1 print: aquatint; image 16 x 23 cm (6 x 9 in) |
Description |
The image shows the gate and slave market in Pernambuco, Brazil, of which Callcott offered the following description: "It
was thinly stocked, owing to the circumstances of the town; which cause most of the owners of new slaves to keep them closely
shut up in the depôts. Yet about fifty young creatures, boys and girls, with all the appearance of disease and famine consequent
upon scanty food and long confinement in unwholesome places, were sitting and lying about among the fithiest animals in the
streets." (p. 105) Later, she wrote: "Scores of these poor creatures are seen at different corners of the streets, in all
the listlessness of despair -- and if an infant attempts to crawl from among them, in search of infantile amusement, a look
of pity is all the sympathy he excites." Accordingly, in the lower lefthand corner of the scene, a toddler crawls toward the
sidewalk, reaching out to a free market-woman.
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Is part of |
Callcott, Lady Maria, 1785-1842. Journal of a voyage to Brazil. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and
Green, Paternoster-Row; and J. Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1824.
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Notes |
Illustration from Lady Maria Callcott's Journal of a Voyage to Brazil, and Residence there, during Part of the Years 1821,
1822, 1823 (London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster-Row; and J. Murray, Albemarle-Street,
1824), p. 106.
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Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Images from the Slave Trade. |
Genre |
Aquatints -- 1820-1830. |
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Book illustrations -- 1820-1830. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1824 Callc 1889.Q p 106 |
Accession number |
1889.Q |