A Signare or woman slave trader of St. Louis, Senegal
A Signare or woman slave trader of St. Louis, Senegal, 18th century. Signar were mulatto French-African creole women famous for their fashion and culture. A Signara, or Woman of Colour of St. Louis. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuve's l'Afrique, Paris, 1814. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving from Frederic Shoberl's The World in Miniature: Africa, A description of the manners and customs Moors of the Sahara and of the Negro Nations, R. Ackermann, England, 1821
Picture No
13135805
Media ID
45922538
Size
3587px x 6395px
(4.4MB)
Credit
Florilegius
Source
Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneu
