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"Negro Figuranti"

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[Slavery]. Bridgens, Richard. "Negro Figuranti", original lithograph, West-India (Trinidad) showing types of negro dances, 21 x 27 cm.
Dealer Notes
= “Negro Figuranti” is one of the better-known ethnographic/ dance plates, depicting enslaved Trinidadian dancers and musicians. Slightly cut short and tipped onto mount.
The figures show various types of negro dance in the West-Indian region, taken from Richard Bridgens, "West India Scenery...from sketches taken during a voyage to, and residence of seven years in ... Trinidad" (London, 1836), plate 22. Bridgens described "men and women in various dance positions; all their movements in dancing are marked by great activity (Bridgens). Woman on bottom row (2nd from right), holds a shakshak or rattle." A sculptor, furniture designer and architect, Richard Bridgens was born in England in 1785, but in 1826 he moved to Trinidad where his wife had inherited a sugar plantation, St. Clair. Although he occasionally returned to England, he ultimately lived in Trinidad for seven years and died in Port of Spain in 1846. The plates were based on drawings made from life and were done between 1825, when Bridgens arrived in Trinidad, and 1836, when his book was published. Bridgens' racist perspectives on enslaved Africans and his defense of slavery are discussed and researched in many articles and publications
Author [Slavery]. Bridgens, Richard
Binding n/a
Illustrator Richard Bridgens
Condition Slightly cut short and tipped onto mount

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