Slavery - The West Indies
Slavery - The West Indies
18th Century Material Culture
The West Indies
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The West Indies
Kaarte Van de Golf van Mexico en het Zuyd-America waar in Porto-Bello en Panama aangewezen warden
by Daniel de La Feuille 1747
(Geographicus Fine Antique Maps)
A VOYAGE To Guinea, Brasil, and the West - Indies; In His Majestys Ships, the SWALLOW and WEYMOUTH.
by John Atkins, Surgeon in the Royal Navy 1735
(The Newberry)
SOME Historical Account of GUINNEA, ...
by Anthony Benezet 1771
(The Newberry)
THE WEST INDIAN ATLAS, ...
by Thomas Jeeris, London, Sayer & Bennet 1775
(The National Library of Russia)
Dutch Merchant with Slaves in a West Indies Hills
by Anonymous c. 1700 - 1725
(Rijksmuseum)
Portrait of a Woman from St. Dominique, Now Haiti, Brought to Montreal, Canada, as a Slave in 1792
by Canadian Artist, Franois Malpart de Beaucourt 1786
(McCord Museum)
The Works Of
Agostino Brunias
"Free Women of Color with their Children and Servants in a Landscape
by Agostino Brunias c. 1764
(Brooklyn Museum)
"A Family of Chairaibes Drawn from the Life in St. Vincent
by Agostino Brunias c. 1765
(Private Collection)
"Chatoyer, the Chief of the Black Chairaibes in St. Vincent with his Wives
by Agostino Brunias c. 1765 - 1768
(Private Collection)
Treaty Between the British & Carib Chiefs, Chatoyer Prominent Among Them
by Agostino Brunias c. 1773
(Private Collection)
A Planter, His Wife, & Their Servant
by Agostino Brunias, Italian Artist active in Britain c. 1770
(Yale Center for British Art)
Free West Indian Dominicans
by Agostino Brunias, Italian Artist active in Britain c. 1770
(Yale Center for British Art)
FREE NATIVES OF DOMINICA.
After Agostino Brunias 1780
(Yale Center for British Art)
FREE NATIVES OF DOMINICA.
After Agostino Brunias 1780
(Yale Center for British Art)
A West Indian Flower Girl & Two Free Women of Color
by Agostino Brunias, Italian Artist active in Britain c. 1770
(Yale Center for British Art)
THE WEST INDIA FLOWER GIRL.
After Agostino Brunias 1780
(Yale Center for British Art)
THE BARBADOES MULATTO GIRL.
After Agostino Brunias c. 1765
(Private Collection)
THE BARBADOES MULATTO GIRL.
After Agostino Brunias 1779
(Yale Center for British Art)
Lady with Peacock
After Agostino Brunias c. 1770
(Michael Graham - Stuart))
Servants Washing a Deer in the West Indies
by Agostino Brunias, Italian Artist active in Britain c. 1775
(Yale Center for British Art)
A Mother with her Son and a Pony
by Agostino Brunias, Italian Artist active in Britain c. 1775
(Yale Center for British Art)
The Negroes Dance in the Island of Dominica
by Agostino Brunias 1779
(Christies)
THIS PLATE (representing a NEGROEs DANCE in the ISLAND of DOMINICA) is humbly dedicated to...
After Agostino Brunias 1779
(Yale Center for British Art)
THIS PLATE (representing a NEGROEs DANCE in the ISLAND of DOMINICA) is humbly dedicated to...
After Agostino Brunias 1779
(Yale Center for British Art)
THIS PLATE (representing a CUDGELLING MATCH between ENGLISH and FRENCH NEGROES...
After Agostino Brunias 1779
(Yale Center for British Art)
Free West Indian Creoles
by Agostino Brunias, Italian Artist active in Britain c. 1780
(Yale Center for British Art)
West Indian Man Directing Two Carib Women with Child
by Agostino Brunias, Italian Artist active in Britain c. 1780
(Yale Center for British Art)
West Indian Women with Child & Servant
by Agostino Brunias, Italian Artist active in Britain c. 1780
(Yale Center for British Art)
A Linen Market in the West Indies
by Agostino Brunias, Italian. Active in Britain (1758-1770; 1777-1780s) c. 1780
(Yale Center for British Art)
The Linen Market, Santa Domingo
by Agostino Brunias c. 1775
(Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Madrid Spain)
A Linen Market in the West Indies
by Agostino Brunias, Italian. Active in Britain (1758-1770; 1777-1780s) c. 1780
(Yale Center for British Art)
A Linen Market in the West Indies
by Agostino Brunias, Italian. Active in Britain (1758-1770; 1777-1780s) c. 1780
(Yale Center for British Art)
A Linen Market in the West Indies
by Agostino Brunias, Italian. Active in Britain (1758-1770; 1777-1780s) c. 1780
(Yale Center for British Art)
West Indian Creole Woman and Her Servant
by Agostino Brunias c. 1780
(Yale Center for British Art)
Two Caribbean Women Returning from the Market
by Agostino Brunias c. 1770 - 1780
(Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Madrid Spain)
Caribbean Servant Women from St. Vincente
by Agostino Brunias c. 1770 - 1780
(Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Madrid Spain)
Creole Women and a Servant
by Agostino Brunias c. 1770 - 1780
(Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Madrid SpainPrivate Collection)
The Dance of the Handkerchief
by Agostino Brunias c. 1770 - 1780
(Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Madrid Spain)
Caribbean Woman in Front of a Hut
by Agostino Brunias c. 1770 - 1780
(Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Madrid Spain)
Dancing Scene in the West Indies
by Agostino Brunias c. 1780
(Tate Gallery)
West Indian Landscape with Figures Promenading Before a Stream
by Agostino Brunias c. 1780
(Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Madrid Spain)
Caribbean Women Doing Laundry
by Agostino Brunias c. 1770 - 1780
(Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Madrid Spain)
Free Women of Dominica Bathing in a Stream
by Agostino Brunias c. 1770 - 1780
(Private Collection)
Free Women of Dominica Bathing in a Stream
by Agostino Brunias c. 1770 - 1780
(Christies)
A Leeward Islands Carib Family
by Agostino Brunias, Italian Artist active in Britain c. 1780
(Yale Center for British Art)
Danse d'Esclaves
by Agostino Brunias c. 1780
(Muse d'Aquitaine - Bordeaux)
Entourage dAugustin Brunias , Portrait dune famille avec une nourrice tenant un enfant dans ses bras
by Agostino Brunias c. 1770
(Muse d'Aquitaine - Bordeaux)
Portrait d'Armand Gatereau, Directeur du Journal Franais Saint Domingue
by Agostino Brunias c. 1770 - 1780
(Private Collection)
Free Women of Dominica
by Agostino Brunias c. 1770 - 1780
(Private Collection)
THE WEST INDIA WASHER - WOMAN
After Agostino Brunias 1779
(Yale Center for British Art)
A NEGROE FESTIVAL...
After Agostino Brunias c. 1780
(Private Collection)
Button Depicting West Indies Scenes
After Agostino Brunias c. 1790
(Cooper - Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Button Depicting a West Indian Scene
After Agostino Brunias c. 1790
(Cooper - Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Button Depicting a West Indian Scene
After Agostino Brunias c. 1790
(Cooper - Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Button Depicting a West Indian Scene
After Agostino Brunias c. 1790
(Cooper - Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Button Depicting a West Indian Scene
After Agostino Brunias c. 1790
(Cooper - Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
The Padlock
The Padlock was a two Act Opera by Charles Dibden
that debuted at the Drury Lane Theatre in London,
England, in 1768. It featured Mungo, a servant from
the West Indies portrayed by Dibden in blackface.
Mr. DIBDBEN in the Character of MUNGO in the Celebrated Opera of the PADLOCK.
by Carington Bowles 1762
(The British Museum)
Mr. DIBDBEN in the Character of MUNGO in the Celebrated Opera of the Padlock
by Carington Bowles 1769
Mr. DIBDBEN in the Character of MUNGO in the Celebrated Opera of the Padlock
Printed for R. Sayer c. 1769
(Victoria & Albert)
Title page & lyrics of The Padlock, play by Isaac Bickerstae, music by Charles Dibdin
(New York Public Library)
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