Narrative of a Five Year's Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam

  • 1813
By Stedman, Captain John Gabriel. Blake, William
1813. London: J. Johnson, 1813.

4to, 8 plates from the 1813 (third) edition. The plates are clean and in good condition hand-coloured with the standard palette, measuring 26.5 x 20.5 cm.

§ The plates are - "A Free Coromantyn Negro", "A Private Marine...." , "The Mecoo and Kishee Monkeys", "The Skinning of the Aboma Snake", " Family of Negro Slaves...," The Skulls of Lieut. Leppar...", "March Thro' a Swamp or Marsh, in Terra-Firma", "The Celebrated Graman Quacy". Essick, William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations, XXXIII p 71 - 75.

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Title

Narrative of a Five Year's Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam

Author

Stedman, Captain John Gabriel. Blake, William

Condition

Unknown

Date

1813


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