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Danse des cafres

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Description

1 print : lithograph, col.; image 14 x 21 cm., on sheet 20 x 30 cm.

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Genre/Form

Prints – 19th century.

Note

Image depicts a group of Réunionnais Creoles dancing, singing, and playing musical instruments under a group of trees on a moonlit night. Those depicted wear both Western dress (trousers, shirts, etc.) and more traditional garb (grass skirts, etc.). The left side of the scene appears to be illuminated by the glow of a fire.
Caption above print: Album de la Réunion.
May appear in Album de I'lle de la Réunion : recueil de dessins par A. Roussin, accompagné d'un texte historique et descriptif par une société de savants et de gens de lettres.

Call Number

*MGZFD Rou A Dan 1

OCLC

226378432

Title

Danse des cafres [graphic] / A. Francine lith., imp. A. Roussin.

Imprint

Juin 1863.

Local Note

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Cournand, Gilberte. Former owner

Roussin, Antoine, 1819-1894.

Francine, A.

Research Call Number

*MGZFD Rou A Dan 1