Visual work (work); Benoit, Pierre Jacques; Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts; French Guiana; undated

Name:

Benoit, P. J. (Pierre Jacques), 1782-1854; Société nationale des beaux-arts (France)

Date:

unknown

Description:

Two lithographic prints from "Trip to Surinam: Description of the possessions of the Dutch in French Guiana," by P. J. Benoit and published by the Societe des Beaux Arts, with racist caricatures of the native French Guianese people; French Guiana

Identifier:

2018.09.27.00004; {E1F04788-0526-47E3-8B61-E5F0F285AABF}; 1.326

Language:

French

Subject:

Prints; Jewish merchants; Racism against indigenous peoples

Form/Genre:

Visual works (works)

Geographic Subject:

French Guiana

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Physical Location:

Arc.MS.56, Oversize Box 5, Folder 1

Collection:

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)