Creator |
Hall, John H. engraver. |
Contributor |
Graeter, Francis artist. |
Title |
Henry Diaz [graphic]. |
Publisher |
[Boston: s.n] |
Publisher |
MA. Boston. 1834 |
Date |
[1834] |
Physical Description |
1 print: wood engraving; image 4 x 5 cm. (1.5 x 1.75 in) |
Description |
Image is set in front of the Cinco Pontas fortress in Pernambuco, Brazil. Henry Diaz, a black slave, leads a slave regiment
that he assembled on behalf of the Portuguese. The slave regiment successfully captured Cinco Pontas, a former Dutch stronghold.
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Is part of |
Childs, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880. Oasis. Boston: Benjamin C. Bacon: Tuttle and Weeks, printers, No. 8, School Street,
1834.
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Notes |
Illustration in Lydia Childs's The Oasis (Boston: Benjamin C. Bacon: Tuttle and Weeks, printers, No. 8, School Street, 1834),
p. 47.
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Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Anti-Slavery Movement Imagery. |
Subject |
Diaz, Henry, 19th cent. -- Portraits. |
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Slave insurrections -- Brazil. |
Geographic subject |
Forte das Cinco Pontas (Recife, Brazil) |
Genre |
Portrait prints -- 1830-1840. |
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Wood engravings -- 1830-1840. |
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Book illustrations -- 1830-1840. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1834 Chi 70173.D.5 p 47 |
Accession number |
70173.D |