Details
Title Africa. America. [graphic].
Publisher London : [publisher not identified] Oxford Street
Publisher ENG. London. 1808
Date [ca. 1808]
Physical Description 1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 29 x 37 cm (10 x 14.5 in.)
Description Abolition print juxtaposing two female allegorical figures in chariots representing Africa and America. In front of a backdrop of tropical trees and huts, "Africa," depicted as a Black woman, is attired in a feathered headpiece, an orange shawl covering one breast, and a pink sarong. She holds a flag inscribed "Slave Trade abolish'd in England 1806" and the reins of two lions pulling her chariot. In front of a waterfall, probably Niagara Falls, "America," depicted as a white woman, is dressed in Native American attire, including a feathered headpiece, a breast plate, an orange cape, a pink and blue sari, and an axe strapped to her back. She holds the American flag, decorated with a portrait of George Washington, and the reins of two tigers pulling her chariot. Near the wheels of her chariot, a rattlesnake is coiled.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred by content and medium.
Name of publisher illegible.
Lib. Company. Annual report, 1969, p. 56.
Purchase 1969.
RVCDC
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
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.
Subject Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Portraits.
Antislavery movements -- Great Britain.
Allegories.
Chariots.
Flags -- American.
Indians of North America -- United States.
Indigenous peoples -- United States.
Lions.
Racism in popular culture.
Slave trade.
Tigers.
Women, Black -- Africa.
Women.
Black women -- Africa.
Transatlantic slave trade.
Genre Abolition prints -- 1800-1810.
Allegorical prints -- 1800-1810.
Etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1800-1810.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *GC-Allegories [7812.F]
Accession number 7812.F