. This engraving is from Voltaire's Candide: it depicts the scene where Candide and Cacambo meet a maimed slave of a sugar mill near Surinam. Its caption reads in English, 'It is at this price that you eat sugar in Europe'; this line was said by the slave in the text. The 'negro' has had his hand cut off for getting a finger stuck in a millstone and his leg removed for trying to run away. 1787. Jean-Michel Moreau (1741–1814) Alternative names Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune ('the younger') Description French engraver, draughtsman and painter Date of birth/death 26 March 1741 30 November 1
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. This engraving is from Voltaire's Candide: it depicts the scene where Candide and Cacambo meet a maimed slave of a sugar mill near Surinam. Its caption reads in English, 'It is at this price that you eat sugar in Europe'; this line was said by the slave in the text. The 'negro' has had his hand cut off for getting a finger stuck in a millstone and his leg removed for trying to run away. 1787. Jean-Michel Moreau (1741–1814) Alternative names Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune ('the younger') Description French engraver, draughtsman and painter Date of birth/death 26 March 1741 30 November 1814 Location of birth/death Paris Paris Work period between circa 1758 and circa 1814 Work location Paris, St Petersburg (1758-1759) Authority control : Q321972 VIAF: 56619800 ISNI: 0000 0001 2280 3793 ULAN: 500028967 LCCN: n80166950 NLA: 35085038 WorldCat 905 Moreau Sucre crop