Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
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:
A Negroes Dance in the Island of Dominica
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/8 x 15 3/4 inches (33.4 x 40 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, upper left: "3"; on back, lower left: "6 (encircled) | M1-1 | W"; on back, lower right: "(PM 6202)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.1958
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
West Indies | village | turbans | necklaces | earrings | jewelry | parasol | plaid | shirts | hats | dresses | costume | bottle | tambourine | genre subject | women | music | dance | Caribbean | singers | child | men | stripes | patterns | leisure | sashes (costume accessories) | drum (musical instrument) | trees | buildings | houses | natives | talking | veils | barefoot | coconuts | clapping | dancers | singing | couple | dancing | performance
Associated Places:
North and Central America | Dominica
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01)
Publications:
Timothy J. Barringer, Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and His Worlds, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2007, pp. 458-59, no. 164, N8243 S576 B37 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:43126