Come La Trovate ['How do you find her?']

Below the image is a caption: 'Al Nobile Signor Benedetto Estense, Signor Marchese Selvatico.' See ZBA2732 for a pen and wash version, and ZBA2436. This was originally dated to about 1840 but Sicard died in 1825 and a related subject (see ZBA2436) was engraved in 1803. The present image may be of a black eunuch presenting an enslaved girl to his master's inspection if the title is read as a question: it also just translates as 'as you find her'. Sicard was a French artist, born in Avignon, and also known as Sicardi - as inscribed on this Italian print. Part of the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection.

Object Details

ID: ZBA2645
Collection: Special collections
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Sicard, Louis; Lancon, Gaetano Sicardi, Louis Marie Sicard, Louis Marie
Date made: circa 1800-05; circa 1840
People: Sicard, Louis; Lancon, Gaetano
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund
Measurements: Overall: 442 mm x 315 mm