| Contributor |
Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher. |
| Title |
A West India sportsman. [graphic] : Make haste with the sangaree Quashie and tell Quaco to drive the birds up to me - I'm
ready. / J.F.
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| Publisher |
London: Published by William Holland, No. 11 Cockspur Street |
| Publisher |
ENG. London. 1807 |
| Date |
November 1, 1807 |
| Physical Description |
1 print: aquatint, hand-colored; sheet 27 x 44 cm (10.5 x 17 in.) |
| Description |
Satiric print mocking the decadent state of West Indian plantation society showing enslaved people catering to a white enslaver
on a hunting trip. Shows the white man, seated under an umbrella, his feet up, his gun in his hand, as he is fanned by a long-sleeved
shirt and sarong-clad enslaved man behind him. Other enslaved people (a woman, young men, and a child) keep flies away from
platters of meat displayed on a table and a basket of tropical fruit; butler a large glass of sangaree; and drive birds from
a field. Also shows jugs of liquor, including royal punch, sangaree, and rum, lined near the grinning "sportsman." The rum
jug has toppled over near empty bottles strewn on the ground near a broken jug of water. In the distance, another white enslaver
holds a gun and lies on a settee while an enslaved woman holds an umbrella over him. All the figures are depicted with exaggerated
features.
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| Is referenced by |
George 10804 |
| Notes |
Publisher's advertisement printed below image: Of Mr. Holland may be had the following West India Prints, Johnny Newcome in
the Island of Jamaica_ A Grand Jamaica Ball_ Martial Law in Jamaica_The Blessings of Jamaica_and a Segar Smoking Society in
Jamaica. 5s each_A large portrait of Rachel Pringle of Barbadoes 7s. 6_Likewise Gillray's sale of English Beauties in the
East Indies 7s 6d.
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Title from item. |
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Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
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RVCDC. |
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Purchase 2005. |
|
Lib. Company. Annual report, 2005, p. 62-65. |
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Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
| Subject |
Child slaves -- West Indies. |
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Racism in popular culture. |
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Slaveholders -- West Indies. |
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Slaveholders -- West Indies -- Attitudes. |
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Plantation life -- West Indies. |
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Women slaves -- West Indies. |
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Enslaved persons -- West Indies -- Social conditions. |
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Hunting -- West Indies. |
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Enslaved children -- West Indies. |
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Enslaved women -- West Indies. |
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Enslavers -- West Indies. |
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Enslavers -- West Indies -- Attitudes. |
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Enslaved people -- Satire -- West Indies. |
| Genre |
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1800-1810. |
|
Political cartoons -- Hand-colored -- 1800-1810. |
| Printer |
Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| political cartoons - 1807- Wes [P.2005.28.1] |
| Accession number |
P.2005.28.1 |
