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Accession Number
B1977.14.11132
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Title
Free Natives of Dominica
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Date
1780
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Materials & Techniques
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
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Dimensions
Sheet: 19 3/4 x 13 5/16 inches (50.2 x 33.8 cm), Plate: 12 1/2 x 9 7/16 inches (31.7 x 23.9 cm), Image: 8 13/16 x 7 inches (22.4 x 17.8 cm)
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Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "old print"
Lettered in black ink, lower center: [Young coat of arms, "PRESS THROUGH" lettered within banner] | "FREE NATIVES OF DOMINICA. | This Plate is Dedicated to Sir Wm,, Young, Bart,, | by his most Obliged and devoted Servt,, | A,, Brunias. | London, Pubd,, as the Act directs, Febry,, 1, 1780, by the Proprietor, N,,67, Broad Street, Soho."; lower right: "A,, Brunias, pinxt,, et sculpt,,"
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Classification
Prints
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Collection
Prints and Drawings
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Subject Terms
bonnet (hat) | bows (costume accessories) | breeches (trousers) | cane | cap (headgear) | Caribbean | chokers | coat | costume | dresses | earrings | flounces | genre subject | gesture | gowns | handkerchiefs | hats | jewelry | lace | landscape | man | mountain | natives | palm trees | patterns (design elements) | ruffles | shrubs | staff (walking stick) | trees | tricorne | turbans | women
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Associated Places
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Access
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
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