1780 Lucy Terry - Coral

Inspiration to this design I have found from museum collections for block printed designs. The block-impression shows a pattern for a printed textile of floral trails on dark ground. Additional colouring was done by hand. The same floral trail was used for several backgrounds.  

Lucy Terry Prince, Born in 1733, was an American settler and poet. She composed a ballad poem, "Bars Fight", about a 1746 incident. It was preserved orally until being published in 1855. It is considered the oldest known work of literature by an African American.