Inna, The Booroom Slave.
After a work byAfter a work by
Henry Thomson
(British, 1773 - 1843)
PrinterPrinted by
D. W. Kellogg & Co.
(American, 1830 - 1840)
PublisherPublished by
D. W. Kellogg & Co.
(American, 1830 - 1840)
Date1838
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 14 1/8 x 10 3/4in. (35.9 x 27.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 17 1/2 x 14in. (44.5 x 35.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number1995.182.190
DescriptionA young black woman kneels on a beach. She looks up, with her hands clasped in prayer or supplication. She wears a short dress or tunic that leaves one shoulder bare. A scarf is tied above her waist and a broad metal bracelet is on her upper right arm. She is barefoot. Beside her in a shallow basket are what appear to be a hat with feathers, a beaded necklace, and a large melon. Waves break on a bluff in the right background. Grass grows in the sand in the right foreground. The sky is cloudy, with lightning at the far right.
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Label TextThis image of a young black woman sold into slavery was surely intended to arouse sympathy for her fate. An identical image, based either directly on this print or on the British work that inspired it, appears on an Abolitionist banner in the Connecticut Historical Society collections.
NotesDate Note: An advertisement for this print appeared in the Hartford Daily Courant in 1838.Status
Not on view
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