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Colored American, February 27, 1841, p.2.
PORTRAIT OF CINQUE.--We acknowledge, with many thanks to Mr. Purvis, the receipt
of a mezzotinto [sic] likeness of Cinque, the chief of the Amistad captives. It is
engraved on steel by Mr. Sartain, of Philadelphia, and has been got up by Robert
Purvis, Esq., of that city. This is a true likeness, taken from a painted one from
real life, by N. Jocelyn, Esq., of New Haven, and now in the possession of Mr. Purvis.
We shall be proud to have our apartments graced with the portrait of the noble Cinque,
and shall regard it as a favor to our descendants, to transmit to them his likeness.
and who that has any humanity in his heart, or any veneration for a HERO, and who
has any knowledge of this case, would not like to have this likeness about them.
Accompanying the likeness is a fac simile of Cinque's hand writing, although
he came here a heathen, and unlearned.
For sale at the Anti Slavery Offices, 143 and 131 Nassau street. Price $1[no.illegible].00.
