Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Zante the Negro.
Call Number
E East 44/GC072/Box 01/Oversize/Zante Sampler
Identifier
ark:/88435/sx61dv37b
Publisher
1848.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1848
Extent
1 item ; 40.6 x 39 cm.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Needlework on canvas
Depiction: A sampler, showing kneeling black man holding up his chained hands.
Inscribed, above: "Zante the Negro // [D]rag[ge]d from my native home // [B]y a cruel white mans hand // [N]o more to see my native home // [N]o more to see my native land".

Discovery Information

Subject
Needlework—United States—Specimens
Slavery in art
Samplers—United States—Specimens

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
Holding location
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IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/319067a7-8ef1-4dc9-8f58-0b4cb4e9ac2f/manifest