People Crossing a Bridge, Senegal, 1780s
Caption, pont des Negres sur le Sènègal dans le haut du fleuve (Bridge on the Senegal River at flood stage). Villeneuve lived in the Senegal region for about two years in the mid-to-late 1780s. The engravings in his book, he writes, were made from drawings that were mostly done on the spot during his African residence (vol. 1, pp. v-vi). However, with some slight variations, this seems to be a copy of an engraving that originally appeared in Mungo Park's Travels (see image 338a). The same Villeneuve illustration appears in color in the English translation of his book; see Frederic Shoberl (ed.), Africa; containing a description of the manners and customs, with some historical particulars of the Moors of the Zahara . . . (London, 1821).
Image Title
People Crossing a Bridge, Senegal, 1780s
RegID
SI-OB-610
Date
1780-1790
Title
People Crossing a Bridge, Senegal, 1780s
Source
Renè Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuve, L'Afrique, ou histoire, moeurs, usages et coutumes des africains: le Sènègal (Paris, 1814), vol. 4, between pp. 188 and 189. (Copy in Special Collections, University of Virginia Library)
Language
French
Item sets
Pre-Colonial Africa: Society, Polity, Culture
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Western Savanna
Reproduced In
Renè Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuve, L'Afrique, ou histoire, moeurs, usages et coutumes des africains: le Sènègal (Paris, 1814), vol. 4, between pp. 188 and 189.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
25-Aug-10
Identifier
VILE-188