Stick Fighting, Saint Domingue, late 18th cent.
Reversed version of print originally published in London in 1779, based on painting by Agostino Brunias (see stick fighting, Dominica, 1779 in this website). The present engraving by Ponce for Moreau de Saint Mery, Loix et Constitution des Colonies Francais (Paris, 1784, 1790). Caption: Negres jouant au baton; men stick fighting in the middle of a crowd. For biographical details on Brunias, see image NW0016.
Image Title
Stick Fighting, Saint Domingue, late 18th cent.
RegID
SI-OB-281
Title
Stick Fighting, Saint Domingue, late 18th cent.
Source
Nicolas Ponce, Recueil des vues des lieux principaux de la colonie Francaise de Saint-Domingue (Paris, 1791), fig. 26; from painting by Agostino Brunias. (Copy in the John Carter Brown Library)
Language
French
Item sets
Music, Dance & Recreational Activities
Spatial Coverage
Caribbean--St. Domingue
Reproduced In
Nicolas Ponce, Recueil des vues des lieux principaux de la colonie Francaise de Saint-Domingue (Paris, 1791), fig. 26
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
5-Jul-17
Identifier
NW0251-b