Details
Creator Starling, J. M., engraver.
Contributor Brooke, W. H.
Title Sale of estates, pictures and slaves in the Rotunda, New Orleans [graphic] / W.H. Brooke F.S.A. ; J.M. Starling.
Publisher London and Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co
Publisher ENGLAND. London. 1842
Date [1842]
Physical Description 1 print: engraving; image 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in)
Description As the title suggests, the engraving shows a large auction in the New Orleans Rotunda. At separate podiums, three auctioneers simultaneously take bids on a painting (left), a family of slaves (center), and a manuscript (right). In the foreground, several traders lean and sit casually on barrels and crates as they watch the slave auction. Bidders for the painting and manuscript look somewhat more genteel. The engraver's emphasis the light streaming though the Rotunda's oculus may represent an ironic commentary on the events taking place within it.
Is part of Buckingham, James Silk, 1786-1855. Slave states of America. London; Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co. Newgate St. London; rue St. Honoré, Paris [1842].
Notes Frontispiece for volume one of James Silk Buckingham's The Slave States of America (London; Paris: Fisher, Son, & Co. Newgate St. London; rue St. Honoré, Paris [1842]).
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Images from the Slave Trade.
Subject Slave trade -- United States.
Auctions -- Louisianna -- New Orleans.
Genre Engravings -- 1840-1850.
Book illustrations -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1842 Buc 10584.O v 1 frontispiece
Accession number 10584.O