A black woman in Surinam tied to a tree by her wrists as men walk towards her with whips in their hands. Engraving by W. Blake after J.G. Stedman.

  • Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797.
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Decr 2nd. 1793
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37906i
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A black woman in Surinam tied to a tree by her wrists as men walk towards her with whips in their hands. Engraving by W. Blake after J.G. Stedman. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (St. Paul's Church Yard) : J. Johnson, Decr 2nd. 1793.

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1 print : engraving ; image 18.4 x 13.4 cm

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Flagellation of a female samboe slave. Blake. sculp.

References note

Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, no. 719.36

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Wellcome Collection 37906i

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