4 Michael van der Gucht, two views of a land crab and potsherd, engraving,...

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Description: Two views of a land crab and potsherd

TitleTwo views of a land crab and potsherd

Creator nameVandergucht, Michael

Creator nationality/cultureFlemish

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1707

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

LocationJohn Carter Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island

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Accession number8845

SubjectsCrabsEcology in artNatural history illustration

Statusplate 2, in volume one, Hans Sloane, Voyage to . . . Jamaica (London, 1707)

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Description: Slavery, Sugar, and the Culture of Refinement: Picturing the British West Indies,...

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PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.9-35

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Chapter subject tags:Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753Slavery--West IndiesSlavery--Caribbean Area--HistoryColonialism--Caribbean Area--HistoryNatural history--Latin AmericaNatural history--Caribbean AreaIndigenous peoples--Caribbean AreaBlack people--Caribbean AreaAfro-Caribbean musicSugarcane industry--Caribbean AreaCochineal

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