Coronation of the King of Whydah, April 1725 Contributor: The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record
![Credit: Image Reference 3-041, as shown on www.slaveryimages.org, compiled by Jerome Handler and Michael Tuite, and sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and the University of Virginia Library. “Coronation of the King of Whydah, April 1725”](/_images/A0001_image0001.jpg)
Drummers, trumpeters, and a procession of soldiers celebrate the coronation of the King of Whydah, who sits front and center in the palace courtyard. Invited guests from European trading companies (pictured on the right) witness the ceremony in this engraving by Marchais.
- Origin:
- London, England
- Date:
- 1745-1747
- Item type: