| Contributor |
Le Vaillant, François, 1753-1824 artist. |
| Title |
Le Hottentot [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[Paris: s.n] |
| Publisher |
FRANCE. Paris. 1790 |
| Date |
[1790] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: engraving; overall 20 x 12 cm. (8 x 4.75 in) |
| Description |
Portrait image of Klaas, a young Hottentot (i.e., Khoikhoi), who accompanied Le Vaillant during parts of his voyage. According
to the text, the engraving was done after a sketch by Vaillant. Klass is dressed in the typical Khoikhoi fashion: he wears
a fur loin-cloth, a cape made from sheep or badger's skin (with the woolly side inward), and a lamb-skin cap. It appears that
he also wears animal innards around his neck and legs, as was customary among the Khoikhoin. A good description of their dress
can be found in John Ogilby's Africa: Being an Accurate Description of the Regions of Aegypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid
(London: 1670), p. 590-591.
|
| Is part of |
Le Vaillant, François, 1753-1824. Voyage dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance. Paris: Chez Leroy, Libraire,
rue Saint-Jacques; vis-à-vis celle de la Parcheminerie, no. 15, 1790.
|
| Notes |
Plate in François Le Vaillant's Voyage de Monsieur Le Vaillant dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance:
dans les Années 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 & 85 (A Paris: Chez Leroy, Libraire, rue Saint-Jacques; vis-à-vis celle de la Parcheminerie,
no. 15, M.DCC.LXXXX [1790]), vol. 1, p. 212.
|
|
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography. |
| Subject |
Khoikhoi (African people) -- Portraits. |
|
Khoikhoi (African people) -- Clothing & dress. |
| Geographic subject |
South Africa -- Pictorial works -- 18th century. |
| Genre |
Engravings -- 1820-1830. |
|
Book illustrations -- 1820-1830. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | U Afri Leva 1790 9861.O v 1 p 212 |
| Accession number |
9861.O |
