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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
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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Subjects (general)
History and Legend Human Figures Violence
Subjects (specific)
colonialism hide and skin processing hunting illustrations (layout features) men (male humans) skin (animal component) snake (suborder) Suriname (nation)