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The skinning of the Aboma Snake shot by Cap. Stedman

The skinning of the Aboma Snake shot by Cap. Stedman
1793
plate 19 from Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam by John Gabriel Stedman, first published by Joseph Johnson and J. Edwards, London, 1796

Medium
etching and engraving

Measurements
18.3 × 13.1 cm (image) 25.5 × 19.9 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased from admission funds, 1990

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bentley 1977, 499.5; Essick 1991, XXXIII.5

Inscription
printed in ink l.r.: Blake Sculpt (t in superscript over . )
printed in ink l.l.-l.r.: The skinning of the Aboma Snake, shot by Cap. Stedman.

Accession Number
P138-1990

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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