Representation of the court of select audience -- Costume, and the ceremony of swearing fidelity to the British government [graphic] / Drawn by J. Dupuis ; C. Williams sc.

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Creator	Williams, C. engraver.
Contributor	Dupuis, Joseph artist.
Title	Representation of the court of select audience -- Costume, and the ceremony of swearing fidelity to the British government [graphic] / Drawn by J. Dupuis ; C. Williams sc.
Publisher	[London: s.n]
Publisher	ENGLAND. London. 1824
Date	[1824]
Physical Description	1 print: wood engraving; image 24 x 37 cm. (9.25 x 14.75 in)
Description	Egraving depicts an event described in Chapter III, "Commencement of Negotiations," (p. 89-91). As the British envoy to Ashantee [i.e., Ashanti], Depuis participated in a ceremony in which the King of Ashantee, his principal officers, and chiefs took an "oath of friendship and alliance" to the British government. The ceremony took place in the royal palace, and Depuis is seated at the left. Standing next to him with a raised scimiter, the Ashantee King delivers "an energizing speech." (p. 89)
Is part of	Dupuis, Joseph. Journal of a residence in Ashantee. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street: Shackell and Arrowsmith, Johnson's-Court, Fleet-Street, 1824.
Notes	Frontispiece for Joseph Dupuis's Journal of a Residence in Ashantee (London: Printed for Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street: Shackell and Arrowsmith, Johnson's-Court, Fleet-Street, 1824).
	Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Subject	Rites & ceremonies -- Ashanti.
	Ashanti (African people) -- Pictorial works -- 19th century.
	Ashanti (African people) -- Foreign relations.
	Ashanti (African people) -- Kings and rulers.
Genre	Wood engravings -- 1820-1830.
	Book illustrations -- 1820-1830.
	Frontispieces -- 1820-1830.
Location	Library Company of Philadelphia\| Books & Other Texts \| Rare \| U Afri Dupui 1894.Q frontispiece
Accession number	1894.Q