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Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African.

Ref: P/13747 < >

Portrait Subject: Equiano

Physical Attributes
Technique: Stipple
Colour: Printed in colour
Dimensions: 145 x 80 mm

Production
Artist: Denton W
Engraver: Daniel Orme
Published by: G Vassa
Date: 1789

Galleries
Portraits A-Z: E
Portraits: Writers & Poets

Bibliographic References

Tipped onto a backing sheet. Plate mark 153 by 96mm with margins of more than 1cm all around.
Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745 – 31 March 1797), known in his lifetime as Gustavus Vassa, was a prominent African in London, a freed slave who supported the British movement to end the slave trade. His autobiography, published in 1789 and attracting wide attention, was considered highly influential in gaining passage of the Slave Trade Act 1807, which ended the African trade for Britain and its colonies.

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Antique Stipple - "Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African." by D Orme after W Denton published 1789 by G Vassa.