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Auguste François Laby, 1784–1860, Sierra Leone, ca. 1850
- Title:
- Sierra Leone
- Date:
- ca. 1850
- Materials & Techniques:
- Lithograph on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 3/4 × 27 3/4 inches (32.4 × 70.5 cm), Image: 10 5/8 × 25 7/16 inches (27 × 64.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "Laby & Needham"
Lettered, lower left: "Singularly lofty Tree, growing from | a deep ravine, the stem covered | with the Quisqualis | Lin."; lettered, lower left: "Kroo Town"; lettered, lower right: "Wesleyan Chapel"; lettered, lower right: "Signal Hill"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.10383
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26450
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