A black man in Surinam hanged at the waist; human bones lie on the ground and skulls are impaled on sticks. Engraving by W. Blake, 1792, after J.G. Stedman.

  • Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797.
Date:
Dec.r 1st 1792
Reference:
37904i
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London (St. Paul's Church Yard) : J. Johnson, Dec.r 1st 1792.

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1 print : engraving ; image 18.3 x 13.2 cm

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A negro hung alive by the ribs to a gallows. Blake sculp.

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Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, no. 719.12

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Wellcome Collection 37904i

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