Details
Creator Neele & Son engraver.
Contributor Stennett, R.
Title A Spanish planter of Porto Rico [graphic] / Stennett, R. del. ; Neele & Son, 325 Strand, sc.
Publisher [London: s.n]
Publisher ENGLAND. London. 1820
Date [1820]
Physical Description 1 print: aquatint; image 17 x 10 cm. (6.5 x 4 in)
Description Set in a lush grove, the image depicts a Spanish planter in Puerto Rico, who "luxuriates" in a hammock suspended from a citrus tree. The well-dressed planter wears a large top hat and holds a pipe in his mouth; his legs hang over either side of the hammock and his arms are folded in a contented manner. He is waited on by a partially clothed male slave, whose facial features correspond to racist stereotypes. Smiling at the planter, the slave holds a tray upon which a drink rests.
Is part of Waller, John Augustine. Voyage in the West Indies. London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips, and Co. Bride Court, Bridge Street, 1820.
Notes Illustration in John Augustine Waller's Voyage in the West Indies (London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips, and Co. Bride Court, Bridge Street, 1820), p. 34.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from Slave Life.
Subject Slavery -- Puerto Rico -- Pictorial works -- 19th century.
Slaveholders -- Puerto Rico.
Blacks -- Puerto Rico -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Plantation life -- Puerto Rico.
Geographic subject Spain -- Colonies -- America.
Genre Aquatints -- 1810-1820.
Book illustrations -- 1810-1820.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | U Egyp Forb (b.w.) 5258.O.2.9 p 34
Accession number 5258.O.2.9