Details
Creator Glover, De Lay, 1823-1863 engraver.
Contributor Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874 artist.
Title The slaves of Martinique [graphic] / Engraved by D.L. Glover.
Publisher [Boston: s.n]
Publisher MA. Boston. 1849
Date [1849]
Physical Description 1 print: engraving; overall 11 x 9 cm. (4.25 x 3.5 in)
Description Engraving accompanies Whittier's poem "Slaves of Martinique." It shows a slave couple enjoying a brief moment of rest in the shade. She is described as "Dark, but comely, like the maiden in the ancient Jewish song." He is described as " . . . the strong one and the many, with the vassal's garb and hue, / Holding still his spirit's birthright, to his higher nature true."
Is part of Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892. Poems. Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., 1849.
Notes Engraving in John Whittier's Poems (Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co., 1849), p. 372.
The following lines appear underneath the image: "Beams of noon like burning lances, through the tree-tops flash and glisten. / As she stands before her lover, with raised face to look and listen."
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from Slave Life.
Subject Slaves -- Martinique -- Portraits.
Genre Engravings -- 1840-1850.
Book illustrations -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1849 Whi 12099.O p 372
Accession number 12099.O