Details
Creator Michel engraver.
Contributor G.P., artist.
Title Vue de la montagne de Cabende, prise au nord, et Enterrement du mafoue, Andris Poucouta, macaye [graphic] / Dessiné d'après nature, par G.P. ; Michel sculpt.
Title View of the Cabinda mountain, shown from the North, and the interment of the "masouc" Andris Poucouta, "macaye"
Publisher [Paris: s.n]
Publisher FRANCE. Paris. 1801
Date [1801]
Physical Description 1 print: engraving; overall 23 x 39 cm. (9 x 15.5 in)
Description The engraving shows the funeral of a well-known man who died during Grandpré's stay in the area. The image is accompanied by Grandpré's description of the event, an approximate translation of which reads as follows: "The engraving show will give a precise idea of these funerals. The coffin that carried him was at least 20 feet long by 14 feet high and 8 feet thick. It was surmouted by a small head which represented the dead man. They took a year to bury and mourn him . . . Such was its weight that no one would have been able to take him to his tomb, over one league from his house. Over 500 boys were on these ropes at a time; everything brok several times and it was an incredibe task to take him to his interment spot. The wheels, of one single piece of wood, got stuck in the ground, so they had to use something for a path. It didn't move without difficulty, and the axles broke often." (p. 152-53)
Is part of Grandpré, L. de (Louis), 1761-1846. Voyage à la côte occidental d' Afrique. Paris: Dentu, imprimeur-libraire, Palais du Tribunat, galeries des bois, no. 240, an IX, 1801.
Notes Fold-out plate in L. de Grandpré's Voyage à la côte occidentale d'Afrique: fait les années 1786 et 1787; contenant la description des moeurs, usages, lois, gouvernement et commerce des États du Congo, fréquentés par les Européens, et un précis de la traite des Noirs, ainsi qu'elle avait lieu avant la Révolution française; suivi d'un voyage fait au cap de Bonne-Espérance, contenant la description militaire de cette colonie (Paris: Dentu, imprimeur-libraire, Palais du Tribunat, galeries des bois, no. 240, an IX --., 1801), vol. 1, p. 152.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Genre Engravings -- 1800-1810.
Book illustrations -- 1800-1810.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | U Afri Gran 10198.D v 1 p 152
Accession number 10198.D