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Habitation Nègre [graphic] / Dessine d'après nature par Mr. Douville et lithé par Noguès ; Lith. de Engelmann.
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Creator
Noguès, lithographer.
Contributor
Engelmann, printer.
Douville, Jean-Baptiste, 1794-1837 artist.
Title
Habitation Nègre [graphic] / Dessine d'après nature par Mr. Douville et lithé par Noguès ; Lith. de Engelmann.
Publisher
Paris: Publie par Jules Renouard, libraire à Paris
Publisher
FRANCE. Paris. 1832
Date
1832
Physical Description
1 print: lithograph; overall 34 x 27 cm. (13.75 x 10.75 in)
Description
Depiction of an African home, complete with a small chapel, and, as the caption notes, "structures for the inhabitants' use." Two large horns rest on the ground in front of the home.
Is part of
Douville, Jean-Baptiste, 1794-1837. Voyage au Congo et dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique equinoxiale. Paris: Chez Jules Renouard, libraire, rue de Tournon, n. 6, Imprimé chez Paul Renouard, rue Garencière, n. 5, 1832.
Notes
Plate 20 in Jean-Baptiste Douville's Voyage au Congo et dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique equinoxiale: fait dans les années 1828, 1829 et 1830 (A Paris: Chez Jules Renouard, libraire, rue de Tournon, n. 6; Imprimé chez Paul Renouard, rue Garencière, n. 5, 1832).
Caption underneath the image reads: (entourée des chapelles et des edifices à l'usage des habitans).
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Subject
Dwellings -- Congo.
Geographic subject
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Pictorial works -- 19th century.
Genre
Lithographs -- 1830-1840.
Book illustrations -- 1830-1840.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | *U Afri Douv 10079.O plate 20
Accession number
10079.O
In Collections
Fels African Americana Image Project
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