Original Watercolor of Surinam c. 1805-1815
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Watercolor drawing of a European, a Redimoesoe and several Maroons in the Suriname jungle.
Pencil, pen, wash and watercolor on wove paper.
Surinam, c. 1805-1815.
17 1/8" x 21 7/8" sheet, 23" x 27" framed.
High quality watercolor showing a European man, armed with a sabre and a pistol, pointing a cane to a dark-skinned man dressed in short trousers and a red cap. They are surrounded by several dark-skinned Maroons (runaway African slaves or their native descendants, who settled in remote jungle regions and often came into conflict with the colonial authorities). The man with the red cap is dressed as a member of the Black Rangers, a Dutch army corps composed of black slaves, which was formed in 1772 to fight bands of runaway slaves. The rangers were a fierce fighting force nicknamed the Redimoesoes due to the red caps they wore until 1815.
With a few tears at the edges repaired with tape.
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[SURINAME]
Watercolor drawing of a European, a Redimoesoe and several Maroons in the Suriname jungle.
Pencil, pen, wash and watercolor on wove paper.
Surinam, c. 1805-1815.
17 1/8" x 21 7/8" sheet, 23" x 27" framed.
High quality watercolor showing a European man, armed with a sabre and a pistol, pointing a cane to a dark-skinned man dressed in short trousers and a red cap. They are surrounded by several dark-skinned Maroons (runaway African slaves or their native descendants, who settled in remote jungle regions and often came into conflict with the colonial authorities). The man with the red cap is dressed as a member of the Black Rangers, a Dutch army corps composed of black slaves, which was formed in 1772 to fight bands of runaway slaves. The rangers were a fierce fighting force nicknamed the Redimoesoes due to the red caps they wore until 1815.
With a few tears at the edges repaired with tape.
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