Dresses of the Negroes of Senegal at Cape Verd
This image depicts a woman nursing an infant and a man with a bow at Cap-Vert near Gorée in the Senegambia region. Durand generalized how "both the men and women are of a good size, and well shaped; their skin is of so fine a black, that it seems like polished marble" (p. 56). This image is one of several fanciful engravings created by the publisher for this volume and not based on an eye-witness sketch. Jean-Baptiste-Léonard Durand (1742-1812) was a French director for the Compagnie du Sénégal in 1785 and 1786. The first edition in French does not contain any images.
Image Title
Dresses of the Negroes of Senegal at Cape Verd
RegID
SI-OB-581
Date
1806
Title
Dresses of the Negroes of Senegal at Cape Verd
Source
Jean Baptiste Durand, A voyage to Senegal. . . translated from the French, & embellished with numerous engravings (London, 1806), between pp. 56-57.
Language
English
Item sets
Pre-Colonial Africa: Society, Polity, Culture
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Western Savanna--Cap Vert
Reproduced In
Jean Baptiste Durand, A voyage to Senegal . . . translated from the French, & embellished with numerous engravings (London, 1806), between pp. 56-57.
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
durand1