Monday, October 13, 2008

Ambrose Tardieu - Femme Indienne de la Nation Arrowankas


A 1790 print by Ambrose Tardieu showing a Carribean Arawak Native on Ebay. From John Gabriel Stedman's History of British Guiana.  Here are two more images from Pennymead.com, books about the West indies.




















Stedman's book in a modern reprint at Amazon.com.


Wikipedia article on Stedman with a colored version of the female print.

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