Bed-stocks for intoxication, &c / drawn on stone by R. Bridgens.
Summary
Print shows two African Trinidadians with their feet locked in stocks; one man has his hands bound behind him, the other man is sleeping; a mask is hanging on the wall in the upper left.
Published in: Bridgens, Richard. West India scenery with illustrations of Negro character, the process of making sugar, &c. from sketches taken during a voyage to, and residence of seven years in, the island of Trinidad. London, R. Jennings, 1836, plate 17.
Gift; Louise McDanell Browne, in memory of her husband C.A. Browne; 1948 April 27.
Tags
Date
01/01/1836
Contributors
Bridgens, Richard, artist
Source
Library of Congress
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