(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) [BLAKE WILLIAM] The Skinning of the

Sale 2137 - Lot 77

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ALMOST SURREALISTIC SCENE (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) [BLAKE, WILLIAM]. The Skinning of the Aboma Snake shot by Cap. Stedman. Untitled hand-tinted version of one of William Blake's engravings for John Gabriel Stedman's "Narrative of a Five Year's Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam." 7 x 9 3/8 inches; small embossed stamp of Bramati, "costume antico e moderno." [Milan, 1818]

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Probably from the Italian edition of Stedman's "Narrative." This version of Blake's engraving has added to it a smiling black gentleman who appears to be standing in a poppy field. According to Stedman, the snake was 22 feet long.