Print made by Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758–70; 1777-80s)after Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758–70; 1777-80s)
Title:
The Barbadoes Mulatto Girl
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 9/16 x 12 5/8 inches (49.7 x 32 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, lower center: [coat of arms] | "THE BARBADOES MULATTO GIRL | This Plate is Dedicated to John Geo,, Felton Esqr,, | by his most Obliged and devoted Servt,, A,, Brunias. | London, Pubd,, as the Act directs, July 1st, 1779, by the Proprietor, N67, Broad Street, Soho."; lower right: "A,, Brunias pinxt,, et sculpt,,"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mia L. Bagneris, Colouring the Caribbean : Race and the Art of Agostino Brunias, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2018, p. 224, fig. 62, NJ18.B84652 B34 2018 (YCBA)David Bindman, The Image of the Black in Western Art : From the " Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition, , vol. 3, part 3, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2010, pp. 274-75, fig. 265, N8217.B535 I42 2010+ (YCBA) Citations are to Vol. 3, Part 3