Habitation des Nègres

by Louis Freret

$1,200 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

An idealized scene of a West African Village. A richly-detailed and quite striking view of an African village, with families and their livestock and homes, situated near a waterfall, with a rope bridge connecting the two houses. This idealized view of life in West Africa was produced as part of early anti-slavery movements in Republic-era France. A humanizing view of African natives. Item #29538

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