Details
Contributor Harris, William Cornwallis, Sir, 1807-1848 artist.
Title Truey, the Griqua maid [graphic] / W. C. Harris del.
Publisher [London: s.n]
Publisher ENGLAND. London. 1852
Date [1852]
Physical Description 1 print: hand-colored aquatint; overall 24 x 17 cm. (9.5 x 6.5 in)
Description Portrait image of Truey (or Getrude), a young Griqua woman who had been captured by warriors loyal to the great Zulu chief Moselekatse. A maid, Griqua serves meat to Moselekatse's visitors.
Is part of Harris, William Cornwallis, Sir, 1807-1848. Wild sports of southern Africa. London: Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1852.
Notes Plate in Sir William Harris's The wild sports of Southern Africa: Being a narrative of a hunting expedition from the Cape of Good Hope, through the territories of the Chief Moselekatse, to the Tropic of Capricorn (London: Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1852), p. 120.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Subject Griguas -- Portraits.
Servants -- South Africa.
Geographic subject South Africa -- Pictorial works -- 19th century.
Genre Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1850-1860.
Book illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | U Afri Harris 14048.O p 120
Accession number 14048.O