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Cinqué

Cinqué
Artist
John Warner Barber, 2 Feb 1798 - 22 Jun 1885
Sitter
Cinqué, 1817? - 1879?
Date
1840
Type
Print
Medium
Wood engraving on paper
Dimensions
Image: 4.5 × 3.1 cm (1 3/4 × 1 1/4")
Sheet: 21.7 × 13.3 cm (8 9/16 × 5 1/4")
Book closed: 22 × 14.2 × 0.3 cm (8 11/16 × 5 9/16 × 1/8")
Book open: 22 × 27.5 × 0.3 cm (8 11/16 × 10 13/16 × 1/8")
Topic
Silhouette
Book
Cinqué: Male
Cinqué: Society and Social Change\Enslaved person
Cinqué: Politics and Government\Foreign leader
Cinqué: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Insurrectionist
Cinqué: Law and Crime\Criminal\Mutineer
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.2018.83.1
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view