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A slave is kneeling on the ground as Paul and Virginie try to protect him from a slave-owner holding a pipe and a stick. Engraving by G. Barrett, 1788, after J. Moreau.
- Moreau, Jean Michel, 1741-1814.
- Date
- 1788
- Reference
- 33075i
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Credit: A slave is kneeling on the ground as Paul and Virginie try to protect him from a slave-owner holding a pipe and a stick. Engraving by G. Barrett, 1788, after J. Moreau. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
An episode in Paul et Virginie, 1788, by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. In an early episode Paul and Virginie ask a pipe-smoking landowner to pardon an emaciated woman slave who has fled from him, but in the present engraving the slave appears to be a man and not emaciated
Publication/Creation
1788
Physical description
1 print : engraving
Lettering
Paul et Virginie demandent à un habitant la grace de son esclave. J. Moreau. G. Barrett sc.
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 33075i
Type/Technique
Languages
- French
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores