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UITgeverij, 2022. Soft Cover. New. Eric Heuvel. A powerful story from the Dutch history of slavery. Quaco was just a boy when he was ruthlessly kidnapped by human traffickers around 1770. After a long journey on foot, he was sold to the captain of a slave ship. Quaco managed to survive the harrowing ocean crossing, and eventually landed in Paramaribo (Suriname) on the estate of the wealthy plantation owner and administrator Walter Kennedy. Quaco became Kennedy's footboy and was later 'lent' to the army captain John Gabriel Stedman, whose task was to hunt down Marrons (runaway slaves). Along the way, Quaco is exposed to the hard life of the plantations. The military missions put Quaco in a moral quandary, and on top of it he risks losing his true love Afua. Quaco was one of the millions of Africans who fell victim to the trans-Atlantic slave trade. His life story is partly based on John Gabriel Stedman's illustrated memoires of his time as an army captain in Suriname. Originally published in… Read More

1891. Print. New. Beverley R Morris. Lithograph print by Beverley R Morris on Paper. PRINT. Size: 12" x 10" (300mm x 250mm). British Game Birds and Wildfowl. Lithograph of the Quail from 1891, by Beverley R. Morris, MD. with original hand colouring.

The Sphere, 1913. Print. New. Fortunino Matania. Lithograph print by Fortunino Matania on Paper. PRINT. Size: 9" x 15" (240mm x 380mm). This is the printed page from The Sphere dated September 27th 1913 and is taken from Matania's personal archives. The scene depicts Queen Wilhelmina opens her new Parliament at the Hague on September 16th 1913. This art features as Fig. 107 in the book The Art of Fortunino Matania: catalogue of original art & prints.