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"A great many boys and girls" : Igbo youth in the British slave trade, 1700-1808 / Audra A. Diptee

Author:
Diptee, Audra  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Caribbean Area
Nigeria
Niger River Delta
Date:
2016
18th century
Topic:
Child slaves  Search this
Slave trade  Search this
Youth, Igbo  Search this
Call number:
DT515.45.I33 I4235 2016
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1088753

"Africa"

Extent:
1 Engraving (9 3/8 x 6 1/4 (23.8 x 15.9 cm.))
Container:
Map-case M1, Folder 26
Type:
Archival materials
Engravings
Date:
undated
General note:
Publisher/Engraver: G. Child Sculp

Citation: Pl. 143, Vol. 2, No.84, p. 326
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Collection Citation:
Historic Engravings Collection, EEPA 2010-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2010-003, File EEPA.2010.003.0132
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Historic Engravings collection
Historic Engravings collection / Series 4: Other/Unidentified / [EEPA 2010-003-0126 to 0132]
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo74411c2e1-ed76-4083-bec8-c8f3ea9a8f6c
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ead_component:sova-eepa-2010-003-ref402

"Dress of ye Grandees. Dress of ye King's Wives"; "Agoye, God of Councils"; and "The King's Favorite. King's Sepulchre"

Extent:
3 Engravings (10 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. (26 x 20 cm.))
Container:
Map-case 1, Folder 19
Type:
Archival materials
Engravings
Date:
undated
General note:
Publisher/Engraver: G. Child Sculp.

Citation: Plate V. Vol.III. p.50; No. 83
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Collection Citation:
Historic Engravings Collection, EEPA 2010-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2010-003, File EEPA.2010.003.0091
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Historic Engravings collection
Historic Engravings collection / Series 3: Expedition Leaders, Bankes to Smith / Desmarchais
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7e6d20eed-46b0-4355-966a-3d2e2ae1dfb3
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"Kodomo Odori Zukushi" (Collection of Children's Dances)

Artist:
Utagawa Hirosada (active ca. 1847-1863)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 35.2 × 23.9 cm (13 7/8 × 9 7/16 in)
Type:
Print
Origin:
Osaka, Japan
Date:
ca. mid-19th century
Period:
Edo period
Topic:
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
dance  Search this
child  Search this
theater  Search this
kabuki  Search this
Japan  Search this
ukiyo-e  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Gregory T. Kruglak
Accession Number:
S1994.30
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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edanmdm:fsg_S1994.30

"The City of Loango"

Extent:
1 Engraving (10 x 13 3/4 in. (25.4 x 35 cm.))
Container:
Map-case 1, Folder 16
Type:
Archival materials
Engravings
Date:
undated
General:
Publisher/Engraver: G. Child Sculpt.

Citation: Plate XVII. Vol.III. p.215; No. 9
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Collection Citation:
Historic Engravings Collection, EEPA 2010-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2010-003, File EEPA.2010.003.0076
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"The City of Loango"

Extent:
1 Engraving (10 x 13 3/4 in. (25.4 x 35 cm.))
Container:
Map-case 1, Folder 16
Type:
Archival materials
Engravings
Date:
undated
General:
Publisher/Engraver: G. Child Sculpt.

Citation: Plate XVII. Vol.III. p.215; No. 9

Handwritten note on verso: "Thomas Astley - 1743"
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Collection Citation:
Historic Engravings Collection, EEPA 2010-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2010-003, File EEPA.2010.003.0077
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Historic Engravings collection / Series 3: Expedition Leaders, Bankes to Smith / Dapper, Olfert
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo76d7dec34-40d1-4ed8-bdd6-49487746fd36
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ead_component:sova-eepa-2010-003-ref238

"The City of Loango"

Extent:
1 Engraving (9 3/4 x 14 in. (24.8 x 35.6 cm.))
Container:
Map-case 1, Folder 16
Type:
Archival materials
Engravings
Date:
undated
General:
Publisher/Engraver: G. Child Sculpt.

Citation: Pl. 189, no.109, vol.2, p.401
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Collection Citation:
Historic Engravings Collection, EEPA 2010-003, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2010-003, File EEPA.2010.003.0078
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Historic Engravings collection / Series 3: Expedition Leaders, Bankes to Smith / Dapper, Olfert
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7bc9045ae-9197-4861-b411-21ecc8bd0591
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(Boy Playing Bagpipes), (sculpture)

Sculptor:
Unknown (English)  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: lead; Base: concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Santa Anita Park 285 West Huntington Drive, P. O. Box 808 Paddock Gardens, near east entrance (near entrance to Club House) Arcadia California 91066
Date:
1780. Installed 1956
Topic:
Figure male--Child--Full length  Search this
Performing Arts--Music--Bagpipe  Search this
Object--Musical Instrument--Bagpipe  Search this
Control number:
IAS CA001478
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_339862

(Girl on a Hassock), (painting)

Painter:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Smithsonian American Art Museum 8th & G Streets, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 1975.104
Date:
18th c
Topic:
Portrait female--Child  Search this
Animal--Bird  Search this
Control number:
IAP 08582625
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_360325

(Girl with Doll and Parrot), (painting)

Painter:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Date:
Ca. 1780
Topic:
Portrait female--Child  Search this
Portrait female--Knee length  Search this
Object--Toy--Doll  Search this
Animal--Bird--Parrot  Search this
Control number:
IAP 74100075
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_310087

(Unknown Mother and Son), (painting)

Painter:
Benbridge, Henry 1743-1812 (attributed to)  Search this
Medium:
Oil on fiber
Culture:
French  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts 424 South Main Street, P.O. Box 10310 Winston-Salem North Carolina 27108-0310
Date:
Ca. 1784
Topic:
Portrait group--Family--Mother & Child  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Animal--Bird  Search this
Landscape  Search this
Control number:
IAP 39970031
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_308951

"On the Death of a Child, Five Years of Age" in Arminian Magazine

Edited by:
John Wesley, English, 1703 - 1791  Search this
Thomas Olivers, Welsh, 1725 - 1799  Search this
Written by:
Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784  Search this
Subject of:
Wesleyan Methodist Magazine, American, 1778 - 1969  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper with leather
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 8 1/8 × 4 15/16 × 3/16 in. (20.6 × 12.5 × 0.4 cm)
Type:
magazines (periodicals)
Date:
August 1789
Topic:
African American  Search this
Literature  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
A2021.113.1.10
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
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Collection title:
Phillis Wheatley Peters Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
Anti-slavery movements
Abolitionist movement
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51a3a2cdc-6430-4acc-832f-b7076aacd7ca
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edanmdm:nmaahc_A2021.113.1.10
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"To a Clergyman on the Death of his Lady" in Observations upon Negro-Slavery

Written by:
Charles Crawford, American, 1752 - 1830  Search this
Subject of:
Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784  Search this
Published by:
Joseph Crukshank, died 1836  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 6 9/16 × 3 15/16 × 1/8 in. (16.6 × 10 × 0.3 cm)
Type:
booklets
Place printed:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1784
Topic:
African American  Search this
Christianity  Search this
Literature  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
A2021.113.1.5
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
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Collection title:
Phillis Wheatley Peters Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
Anti-slavery movements
Abolitionist movement
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd587e5a25a-1a7b-40ef-9ae9-e9cf87ead60e
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edanmdm:nmaahc_A2021.113.1.5
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An Elegy, Sacred to the Memory of the Great Divine, the Reverend and Learned Dr. Samuel Cooper, Who Departed this Life December 29, 1783, Ætatis 59

Written by:
Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784  Search this
Subject of:
Samuel Cooper, American, 1725 - 1783  Search this
Published by:
E. Russell  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 7 15/16 × 6 9/16 in. (20.2 × 16.7 cm)
Type:
elegies
booklets
Place printed:
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1784
Topic:
African American  Search this
Christianity  Search this
Literature  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
A2021.113.1.6
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
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Collection title:
Phillis Wheatley Peters Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
Anti-slavery movements
Abolitionist movement
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5654b9144-f879-4b2b-ada6-a06709cf149e
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edanmdm:nmaahc_A2021.113.1.6
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Poems on Comic, Serious and Moral Subjects by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New-England

Written by:
Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784  Search this
Published by:
J. French  Search this
Illustrated by:
Scipio Moorhead, ca. 1750 - unknown  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper with leather and cardboard
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 7 3/16 × 4 7/16 × 1/2 in. (18.2 × 11.2 × 1.2 cm)
Type:
hardcover books
Place printed:
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Date:
1787
Topic:
African American  Search this
Literature  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
A2021.113.1.7
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
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Collection title:
Phillis Wheatley Peters Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
Anti-slavery movements
Abolitionist movement
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b0367f7b-a2b6-42a0-847e-389d6ca65639
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edanmdm:nmaahc_A2021.113.1.7
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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New-England

Written by:
Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784  Search this
Printed by:
Joseph James, American  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 6 1/2 × 4 1/8 × 3/16 in. (16.5 × 10.5 × 0.5 cm)
Type:
books
Place printed:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1787
Topic:
African American  Search this
Literature  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
A2021.113.1.8
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
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Collection title:
Phillis Wheatley Peters Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
Anti-slavery movements
Abolitionist movement
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f064ddca-7915-4489-a65c-84ae86f9ec30
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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New-England

Written by:
Phillis Wheatley Peters, American, ca. 1753 - 1784  Search this
Printed by:
Joseph Crukshank, died 1836  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 6 1/2 × 3 15/16 × 3/16 in. (16.5 × 10 × 0.5 cm)
Type:
books
Place printed:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1789
Topic:
African American  Search this
Literature  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Women  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
A2021.113.1.9
Restrictions & Rights:
Public domain
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Collection title:
Phillis Wheatley Peters Collection
Classification:
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Movement:
Anti-slavery movements
Abolitionist movement
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58f03581a-7d5a-48be-a1f4-a939fcfb1667
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Slave Trade (Execrable Human Traffick, or The Affectionate Slaves)

Created by:
George Morland, English, 1763 - 1804  Search this
Medium:
oil on canvas with wood frame
Dimensions:
H x W (unframed): 33 1/2 × 48 1/2 in. (85.1 × 123.2 cm)
H x W x D (framed): 43 1/4 × 56 7/8 × 2 3/4 in. (109.9 × 144.5 × 7 cm)
Type:
oil paintings
Place made:
England, Europe
Place depicted:
Africa
Date:
ca. 1788
Topic:
African American  Search this
Africa  Search this
Antislavery  Search this
Art  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Trans Atlantic slave trade  Search this
Violence  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2010.8.1ab
Restrictions & Rights:
Public Domain
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Classification:
Visual Arts
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Movement:
Abolitionist movement
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd532a84af1-3d28-4fd7-89c8-beabe208c3c2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.8.1ab
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Rooster (Tori): Kaidōmaru, from the series Bravery Matched with the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac (Buyū mitate jūnishi) 「怪童丸 酉」 『武勇見立十二支』

Artist:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861)  Search this
Publisher:
Minatoya Kohei (Kinsendo) 湊屋小兵衛 (active ca. 1841–1862)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on paper
Dimensions:
H x W (overall): 36.6 x 12.5 cm (14 7/16 x 4 15/16 in)
Type:
Print
Origin:
Japan
Date:
ca. 1840
Period:
Edo period
Topic:
rooster  Search this
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
child  Search this
Japan  Search this
ukiyo-e  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Anne van Biema collection  Search this
Eastern zodiac  Search this
Credit Line:
The Anne van Biema Collection
Accession Number:
S2004.3.168.10
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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edanmdm:fsg_S2004.3.168.10

A Courtesan tying her sash in the wind

Artist:
Katsukawa Shun'ei 勝川春英 (1762-1819)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W: 91 x 32.8 cm (35 13/16 x 12 15/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Japan
Date:
18th-19th century
Period:
Edo period
Topic:
Edo period (1615 - 1868)  Search this
child  Search this
courtesan  Search this
Japan  Search this
ukiyo-e  Search this
kakemono  Search this
Japanese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1899.18
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Usage conditions apply
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edanmdm:fsg_F1899.18

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