Koning en koningin van de Missisippi [graphic].

Published/Created:

[Netherlands?]
[publisher not identified]
[1720?]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching & engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 26.6 x 17 cm, on sheet 42 x 26 cm

Notes:

Title from item.
Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Acquisitions no.: 966-12-7-4.
Mounted to 43 x 35 cm.
Watermark.

Abstract:

The king and queen of the Mississippi: The royal family of Native Americans in native costume. The Queen is holding a child by its hand and a parrot on her left hand. The king wears a headdress and has a bow across his back. In his left hand is another weapon. In the background (right) a woman and child tend a fire.

Variant Titles:

Koning en koningin van de Mississippi

Topics:

Arms & armament
Bows (Weapons)
Families
Indians of North America, depicted
Rulers -- North America
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720

Language:

Dutch; Flemish

Genre:

Engravings -- Netherlands -- 1720
Etchings -- Netherlands -- 1720
Genre prints
Watermarks (Paper)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

720.00.00.10

Orbis Record:

8878589

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr00309

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10697422

PID:

digcoll:549793