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Guinea, West Africa: the procession in honour of the snake, marking the coronation on 16 April 1725. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819, after R. Desmarchais.
- Desmarchais, Renaud, chevalier.
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- [1819]
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- 2851605i
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Credit: Guinea, West Africa: the procession in honour of the snake, marking the coronation on 16 April 1725. Aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1819, after R. Desmarchais. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
The kingdom of Uidah (Whidah, Juda) in West Africa, as described by Renaud Desmarchais (d. 1728)
Publication/Creation
[Milan] : [Dalla tipografia del dott. Giulio Ferrario], [1819]
Physical description
1 print : aquatint, with etching ; platemark 21.8 x 30.3 cm
Lettering
G.G. f.
Lettering note
Bears number: 35
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 2851605i
Reproduction note
After: Jean-Baptiste Labat, Voyage du chevalier des Marchais en Guinée, isles voisines, et à Cayenne, fait en 1725, 1726 & 1727 (considerably reworked after the plate headed"Procession au grand serpent pour le couronnement du roy de Juda fait le 15 avril 1725")
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