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
History
Object Age Comment
Feb 1797
Maker Comment
CHAPMAN, J. engraver
Production Place
London
Collector Comment
Engraving
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Site Association
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