General
General
Object Auto ID
66723
Alternate Codes
230892
Common Name
Engraving
Classified Name
Engraving
Local Name
Albinos or white negroes
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

The Parliament Collection:
Standing pair - nude male and female figures, both wearing fur capes. Male holds an axe and the female four arrows. The figures stand out against a white background and some vegetation with a snake in the foreground.

Provenance

Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

Description
Technique Types
Engraving
Distinguishing Features

Africans Indigenous peoples albino kaross

Inscriptions
b.c. "J. Chapman. Sculp."; b.c. title "Albinos or 'White' Negroes"; below London published as the Act directs Feby 1797 by J. Wilkes.
Measurement Type Unit Value
Dimension Comments
Unframed and mounted; Paper size 237 x 190 mm.
History
Object Age Comment
Feb 1797
Maker Comment
CHAPMAN, J. engraver
Production Place
London
Collector Comment
Engraving
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
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