BG-07929

Antique Print of an enslaved Family by Madou (1839)

  • Condition: Good, image trimmed. Minor wear, blank verso. Please study image carefully.
  • Date: 1839
  • Overall size: 22 x 30.5 cm.
  • Image size: 19 x 27.5 cm.
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.. Antique Print of an enslaved Family by Madou (1839)

Description: Antique print titled '81. Un Carbet. 82. Une famille'. Tinted crayon style lithograph on chine-collee (thin china paper) on wove (vellin) paper. It depicts a home for slaves and a slave family. This print originates from 'Voyage a Surinam. Description des possessions Neerlandaises dans La Guyane' by P.J. Benoit. 

Artists and Engravers: Lithographed by Madou. Jean Baptiste Madou (1786-1877) was a Belgian painter, etcher and renowned pioneer lithographer.