Pl. XVIII. [Scenes of everyday life in Suriname, South America.]
P.J. Benoit del. Madou lith.
[Brussels, Belgium, 1839.]
Lithograph on india laid paper (two images), sheet 350 x 260mm. 13¾ x 10¼".
A female snake-charmer or fortune-teller at a consultation in an interior; below Europeans and black Africans in a bar, a game of billiards in progress. After Pierre Jacques Benoit (1782 - 1854), from his 'Voyage a` Surinam. Description des possessions ne´erlandaises dans la Guyane ... Cent dessins pris sur nature par l’auteur, lithographie´s par Madou et Lauters.'
BNF: FRBNF38495521. BL: 000275495.
[Ref: 18002] £220.00
[Brussels, Belgium, 1839.]
Lithograph on india laid paper (two images), sheet 350 x 260mm. 13¾ x 10¼".
A female snake-charmer or fortune-teller at a consultation in an interior; below Europeans and black Africans in a bar, a game of billiards in progress. After Pierre Jacques Benoit (1782 - 1854), from his 'Voyage a` Surinam. Description des possessions ne´erlandaises dans la Guyane ... Cent dessins pris sur nature par l’auteur, lithographie´s par Madou et Lauters.'
BNF: FRBNF38495521. BL: 000275495.
[Ref: 18002] £220.00