Femme, mulatre de la côte d'or
"Woman, Mulatta of the Gold Coast" (caption translation). This image shows a mixed-race woman elaborately dressed with bead jewelry and protected from the sun by a parasol. William Hutton was a British writer and artist who served briefly in the British foreign service in the Voltaic region. In January 1820, Hutton was part of a British envoy that received Adum, the nephew of the Asantehene (king), at Cape Coast.
Image Title
Femme, mulatre de la côte d'or
RegID
SI-OB-658
Date
1820
Title
Femme, mulatre de la côte d'or
Source
William Hutton, Nouveau voyage dans l'interieur de l'Afrique, ou, Relation de l'ambassade anglaise envoyèe en 1820, au royaume d'Ashantèe (Paris, 1823), p. 87. Copy in Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library.
Language
French
Item sets
Pre-Colonial Africa: Society, Polity, Culture
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Voltaic
Reproduced In
William Hutton, Nouveau voyage dans l'interieur de l'Afrique, ou, Relation de l'ambassade anglaise envoyèe en 1820, au royaume d'Ashantèe (Paris, 1823), p. 87.
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
3-Aug-10
Identifier
Hutton03