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AN ENGLISHMAN OF BARBADOS SELLS HIS MISTRESS: ENGRAVING BY NICOLAS DE LAUNAY AFTER JEAN-MICHEL MOREAU LE JEUNE circa 1780 This 1780 engraving depicts a harrowing scene of slavery in colonial Barbados: two European men conduct a transaction while an enslaved Black woman, shown bound and partially unclothed with a chain around her neck, stands beside other chained figures. In the background, ships are loading cargo along the shoreline beneath a hilltop fort flying a flag. The plate is signed "J.M. Moreau le Jeune, Del." (designer) and "N. De Launay, Sculp." (engraver), dated 1780, with a caption below reading "Un Anglais de la Barbade, vend sa Maîtresse" and a reference to "Liv. XIV, Pag. 526," indicating it was created as a book illustration. Unframed. plate: 7.25 x 4.75 inches; sheet: 10 x 7 inches
$100-150

Sold for $130

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