Two people in Persia described as black slaves: a man wearing a turban with a staff in his hand, and a woman carrying a tea tray with a jug and cups. Engraving after C. de Bruyn.
- Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727.
- Date:
- [1711]
- Reference:
- 37897i
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The man wears a broad belt in which an instrument or weapon (called a "gansjael") is tucked. The woman wears a head covering. "Hier voeg ik nogh by de kleding van eenen zwarten slaef, die in dient was van ons opperhooft. Gy ziet hem verbeelt op. no. 89. Dat gy tusschen het bintsel om zyn lyf ziet steken is een breet geweer, gansjael genaemt. Nogh is hier by, om u te meer genogen te geven, een zwarte slavin, die tee anbringt. Zy wort u in print aengewezen op no. 90." (De Bruyn, op. cit. p. 166)
Publication/Creation
[Amsterdam] : [gedrukt voor den auteur door W. en D. Goeree], [1711]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; image 31 x 38.2 cm
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Swarte slaef. Swarte slavin.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 37897i
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