Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America (volume I)
1796
Artist, British, 1757 - 1827
Artist, Florentine, 1727 - 1815
Artist, British, 1746 - 1831
Artist, British, 1748 - 1827
Artist, British, active c. 1790
Artist, British, active 18th century
Artist, Italian, 1745 - 1810
Author, British, 1744 - 1797
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with engraved title page, letterpress text, and 41 etching and engravings (some with stipple, one with aquatint) on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
book: 27.8 × 22.2 × 4.5 cm (10 15/16 × 8 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.)
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Accession
1982.58.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Professor William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA; gift 1982 to the National Gallery of Art..
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2021
Afro-Atlantic Histories, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, 2021-2024 (shown only in Washington).
Bibliography
1921
Keynes 1921, p.241, no.111.
Markings
on title page, stamped in blue: griffin / G W W (unidentified collector mark)
Watermarks
1794