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L'Amerique. [graphic] / Se vend a Augsborg chez J.J. Haid [Sold in Augsborg at J.J. Haid].
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Creator
Haid, Johann Jacob, 1704-1767 artist.
Title
L'Amerique. [graphic] / Se vend a Augsborg chez J.J. Haid [Sold in Augsborg at J.J. Haid].
Publisher
Augsbourg, Germany : [publisher not identified]
Publisher
GERMANY. Augsburg. 1755
Date
[ca. 1755]
Physical Description
1 print : mezzotint, hand-colored ; sheet 47 x 35 cm (18.5 x 13.75 in.)
Description
Allegorical print depicting the Americas as a Black woman and boy. The woman dressed in a bejeweled feather head piece, pearls, and shawl has a black parrot perched on her hand and overlooks the shoulder of a reclining boy. The boy, draped in a blue cloth and holding a bow, his cache of arrows beneath him, wears a feather armband and gold collar. He returns the glance of the woman. A palm tree stands behind them.
Notes
Title from item.
Date inferred from content.
RVCDC
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Purchase 1971.
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.
Biographical / historical note
Haid was a Bavarian engraver, portraitist, and book illustrator.
Subject
Allegories.
Black people.
Boys.
Ethnic stereotypes.
Parrots.
Bows (Weapons)
Women, Black.
Black people.
Geographic subject
America.
Genre
Mezzotints -- Hand-colored -- 1750-1760.
Allegorical prints -- 1750-1760.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *GC-Allegories [7993.F.3]
Accession number
7993.F.3
In Collections
African American History Prints and Watercolors and Drawings
Race and Visual Culture Digital Collection, 1600-1800
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