Fidicula Indorum & Nigritarum

Creator:

Sloane, Hans, 1660-1753

Published/Created:

1707-1725

Physical Description:

spine height: 13 7/8 in.

Materials:

bound book with letterpress and line-engravings

Notes:

The instruments and objects depicted are as follows: 1) Indian tampura, shown for comparison; 2) Central African lute; 3) eight-stringed African harp; 4) plant fiber used for strings; 5) stick of the kind used by enslaved Africans to clean their teeth.
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Topics:

Prints -- Britain -- 18th century -- (YVRC)

Culture:

British
Jamaican

Accession Number:

3510-006

Genre:

illustrations (AAT)
musical instruments (AAT)
prints: engravings (AAT)

Format:

Image

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Barringer et al., Art and Emancipation in Jamaica, New Haven, 2007

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

New Haven, CT: Yale Center for British Art. Paul Mellon Collection

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 301837

OID:

570298

PID:

digcoll:1910841