National Gallery of Art · Print
African Hospitality
John Raphael Smith after George Morland
- Date
- 1791
- Medium
- mezzotint on laid paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 48.1 x 65.6 cm (18 15/16 x 25 13/16 in.) sheet: 49 x 66.1 cm (19 5/16 x 26 in.)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2001.118.61
- Credit line
- Paul Mellon Fund
- Time span
- 1776 to 1800
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- British
- mezzotint
- social criticism
- genre
- travel
- Slavery
Provenance
Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (Nicholas Stogdon, Oxford); purchased 2001 by NGA.
Inscription
lower left in plate: Painted by G. Morland; lower center in plate: AFRICAN HOSPITALITY / London, Publish'd Feby. 1st. 1791 by J. B. Smith King Street Covent Garden; across lower center: Dauntless they plunge amidst the vengeful waves... / Perhaps their future Tyrants non they spare; lower right in plate: Engraved with J. R. Smith Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness Prince of Wales. …
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