Africa.Plate 143. Vol.2. No.84. page 326.
G. Child Sculp.t
[n.d. c.1759.]
Engraving with large margins. Plate 235 x 158mm. 9¼ x 6¼".
An allegory of Africa, with various figures and two pyramids and a sphynx seen to the right. From Thomas Salmon's "The Universal Traveller: or, A Compleat Description Of the several Nations of the World...", Vol.II, in which Salmon describes his travels in West Africa, particularly the Guinea coast, which was also called 'Calabar' in the 1700s. He described the African way of living, from their clothing styles and houses to the slave trade.
[Ref: 27950] £160.00
[n.d. c.1759.]
Engraving with large margins. Plate 235 x 158mm. 9¼ x 6¼".
An allegory of Africa, with various figures and two pyramids and a sphynx seen to the right. From Thomas Salmon's "The Universal Traveller: or, A Compleat Description Of the several Nations of the World...", Vol.II, in which Salmon describes his travels in West Africa, particularly the Guinea coast, which was also called 'Calabar' in the 1700s. He described the African way of living, from their clothing styles and houses to the slave trade.
[Ref: 27950] £160.00