Different methods of travelling in Congo
Lettered within top of frame: Engraved for Middleton's Complete system of geography.
- Abstract
- Within an ornamental frame, depicts two men carrying a man who is reclining in a sling-type litter and another two men carrying a man who is holding an umbrella and seated on a sling with a foot rest.
- Contributor
- Taylor, Isaac, 1730-1807 (Engraver), Wale, Samuel, -1786 (Artist), Middleton, Charles Theodore (Contributor)
- Date
- 1777 to 1778
- Department
- Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
- Dimensions
- plate mark 29 x 17 cm, sheet 24 x 37 cm
- Last Modified
- 2025-10-27T16:43:15.749971Z
- Language
- English
- Materials
- 1 print : etching and engraving
- Notes
- Wale delin. ; Taylor sculp. (Statement of Responsibility), Title from caption. (Local Note)
- Provenance
- Library copy from the library of Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - United States
- Series
- Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart Collection of Prints--Middleton, Charles Theodore. A new and complete system of geography
- Source
- Plate from: A new and complete system of geography / by Charles Theodore Middleton. London : Printed for J. Cooke, 1777-1778. Volume 1, plate 8.
- Subject
- Litters, Central Africa
- Technique
- engraving (printing process), etching (printing process)
- Attribution
- Courtesy of Northwestern University Libraries, The works on this web site, from material in the collections of the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections of Northwestern University Libraries, are provided for use by its students, faculty and staff, and by other researchers visiting this site, for research consultation and scholarly purposes only. Further distribution and/or any commercial use of the images from this site is not permitted.