Poids de la Ville
"Loads of the City" (caption translation). This engraving shows a Bush Negro (bosch-negre), or Maroon, and a port drayman, both with their carts. Pierre Jacques Benoit (1782-1854) was a Belgian artist, who visited the Dutch colony of Suriname on his own initiative for several months in 1831. He stayed in Paramaribo, but visited plantations, maroon communities and indigenous villages inland.
Image Title
Poids de la Ville
RegID
SI-OB-955
Date
1831
Title
Poids de la Ville
Source
"Figure 14" in Pierre Jacques Benoit, Voyage à Surinam; description des possessions néerlandaises dans la Guyane (Bruxelles: Société des Beaux-Arts de Wasme et Laurent, 1839).
Language
French
Item sets
Miscellaneous Occupations & Economic Activities
Spatial Coverage
South America--Suriname--Paramaribo
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
3-May-12; 4-Sep-19
Identifier
BEN7a