A Cudgelling Match between English and French Negroes in the Island of Dominica

Print made by Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758–70; 1777-80s), A Cudgelling Match between English and French Negroes in the Island of Dominica, 1779

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Print made by Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758–70; 1777-80s)
after Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758–70; 1777-80s)

Title:

A Cudgelling Match between English and French Negroes in the Island of Dominica

Date:

1779

Medium:

Stipple engraving and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 7/8 inches (29.5 x 35.3 cm) and Image: 8 15/16 x 12 3/4 inches (22.7 x 32.4 cm)

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Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower right: "(PM 6206)"

Lettered in black ink, lower center: [coat of arms, "TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO" lettered within center oval, "MALO MORI QUAM FOEDARI" lettered within banners] | "THIS PLATE (representing a CUDGELLING MATCH between ENGLISH and FRENCH NEGROES in the | Island of Domenica,) is humbly dedicated to Sir Ralph Payne, KNIGHT of the most | HONORABLE ORDER of the BATH. by his most Obedient and devoted Servant, | A,, Brunias. | London. Published 15 Feby,, 1779, by the Proprietor, N. Broad Street, Soho."; lower right: "A,, Brunias, Pinxt,, et Sculpt,,"

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