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)

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Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

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.

Object number1995.182.190

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "INNA, THE BOOROOM SLAVE."
On verso, in pencil: upper left, "Pr. Dr. 45 #9" "(Box 16 #6 [crossed out]); lower left, old accession number; lower right, "Consv CPC 1987" "Dwr 24" "Neg. 1833" and new accession number.NotesDate Note: An advertisement for this print appeared in the Hartford Daily Courant in 1838.

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