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Vue de Ben dans le pays de Cayor près Gorée [graphic].
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Title
Vue de Ben dans le pays de Cayor près Gorée [graphic].
Title
View of Ben in the Kingdom of Cayor near Gorée
Publisher
[Paris: s.n]
Publisher
FRANCE. Paris. 1814
Date
[1814]
Physical Description
1 print: wood engraving; image 9 x 12 cm. (3.25 x 4.5 in)
Description
Engraving is set in the village of Ben in the Kingdom of Cayor (Senegal). Armed with swords, long spears, and other weapons, African slave-traders capture a mother and her three small children. In the background, two traders attack another village resident. The image includes villagers' cottages, and the central scene is framed by elements of the lush, hilly landscape.
Is part of
Villeneuve, René Geoffroy de (R.G.V.), 1767-1831. L'Afrique, ou histoire, moeurs, usages et coutumes des africains. Paris: Nepveu, libraire, passage des Panoramas, no. 26, 1814.
Notes
Double-page illustration in René Geoffroy de Villeneuve's L'Afrique, ou Histoire, meours, usages et coutumes des africains: Le Sénégal (Paris: Nepveu, libraire, passage des Panoramas, no. 26, 1814), vol. 3, p. 56.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from the Slave Trade.
Subject
Slave trade -- Senegal.
Slaves -- Capture & imprisonment -- Senegal.
Geographic subject
Senegal -- Pictorial works -- 19th century.
Genre
Engravings -- 1810-1820.
Book illustrations -- 1810-1820.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | U Afri R.G.V. 65954.D v 3 p 56
Accession number
65954.D
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Fels African Americana Image Project
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