| Title |
Negre Manding [graphic]. |
| Title |
A black Manding |
| Publisher |
[Paris: s.n] |
| Publisher |
FRANCE. Paris. 1814 |
| Date |
[1814] |
| Physical Description |
1 print: wood engraving; overall 13 x 8 cm. (5.25 x 3 in) |
| Description |
Included in Chapter IX, "Mandings, Barra, Kollar, et Badibou," the engraving shows a Mandingo regent in the costume of his
people. The Mandingos are a West African ethnic group; they live in the countries of Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, and Senegal.
|
| 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 |
Illustration in René Geoffroy de Villeneuve's L'Afrique, ou Histoire, moeurs, usages et coutumes des africains: Le Sénégal
(Paris: Nepveu, libraire, passage des Panoramas, no. 26, 1814), vol. 3 p. 170.
|
|
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography. |
| Subject |
Mandingo (African people) -- Kings and rulers -- Portraits. |
| 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 170 |
| Accession number |
65954.D |
