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Scene in Surinam Showing a Groom With a Horse [drawing].

Accession number
PML 145611.1
Creator
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797.
Published
18th century
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Inserted between frontispiece and t.p. of v. 1 of library's copy of John Stedman's "Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America" (London : J. Johnson, 1796), see PML 145611.
Description
1 drawing.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil on verso, "Stedmans drawing".
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Drawing shows a Black groom standing beside a horse which he holds by the reins; in the background is the ocean, with ships visible on the water.
Classification
Department