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3. The Physiognomy and Pathology of “Black Humor”: Caricature and the West Indies on the Eve of Abolition
Kay Dian Kriz
Description: Slavery, Sugar, and the Culture of Refinement: Picturing the British West Indies,...
Slavery, Sugar, and the Culture of Refinement: Picturing the British West Indies, 1700–1840
Writing in 1792 to Henry Dundas, Edmund Burke seemingly goes against the currents...
Author
Kay Dian Kriz
PublisherPaul Mellon Centre
Copyright© 2008 by Kay Dian Kriz
Related print edition pages: pp.71-115
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00314.4
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22585
Chapter subject tags:Slavery--West IndiesSlavery--Caribbean Area--HistoryRace in art--Caribbean AreaScientific racism--Caribbean AreaSculpture, Classical--InfluenceAesthetics, ClassicalPhysiognomyPrints, British--18th centuryCaricatures and cartoons--British--18th centuryHogarth, William, 1697-1764Gillray, James, 1756-1815

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3. The Physiognomy and Pathology of “Black Humor”: Caricature and the West Indies on the Eve of Abolition