Contributor |
Bowdich, T. Edward (Thomas Edward), 1791-1824 artist. |
Title |
Part of a piazza in the palace [No. 7] ; Part of a piazza in the palace [No. 8] [graphic] / Drawn by T.E. Bowdich Esq. |
Publisher |
London: Published by John Murray, Abermarle Street |
Publisher |
ENGLAND. London. 1819 |
Date |
Dec. 2, 1818 |
Physical Description |
1 print: hand-colored aquatint; overall 28 x 21 cm. (10.75 x 8 in); each image 11 x 16 (4.25 x 6 in). |
Description |
Plates included in Chapter VI, "Architecture, Arts, and Manufactures." As the title suggests, the top image shows part of
a piazza in the palace of the King of Gaman. (The Gaman peoples live in modern Ghana.) "No. 7," Bowdich explained, "is a part
of a piazza, which lines the interior of the wall secluding the palace from the street. The piazza is 200 yards long and inhabited
by captains and other attendants on the King; above is a small gallery. Piles of skulls, and drums ornamented with them, are
frequent in this piazza. The figure is a common soldier of the Ashantee, his belt ornamented with red shells, and stuck full
of knives." The bottom image is another piazza view. "No. 8, is the upper end of the piazza, which is more ornamented, and
appropriated to the superior captains, who have each a suite of rooms, marked by the small doors under the piazza. A woman
is dancing whilst a man plays the flute and rattle."
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Is part of |
Bowdich, T.E., 1791-1824. Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee. London: J. Murray, Albemarle-Street: printed by W. Bulmer
and Co., Cleveland-Row, St. James's, 1819.
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Notes |
Two plates in T. Edward Bowdich's Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee: with a Statistical Account of that Kingdom,
and Geographical Notices of Other Parts of the Interior of Africa (London: J. Murray, Albemarle-Street: printed by W. Pulmer
and Co., Cleveland-Row, St. James's, 1819), p. 308.
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Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography. |
Subject |
Dwellings -- Ashanti. |
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Ashanti (African people) -- Structure. |
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Ashanti (African people) -- Pictorial works -- 19th century. |
Genre |
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1810-1820. |
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Book illustrations -- 1810-1820. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | *U Afri Bowd 12983.Q p 308 |
Accession number |
12983.Q |