About this object
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Maker:
Smith, John Raphael
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ID:
2006.37
Production date:
1791
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Location:
On Display: Museum of London Docklands: London, Sugar and Slavery
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This print is based on George Morland’s painting depicting an African family being captured and separated by European sailors compelling them to lives of slavery. Produced at a time in 1791 when the anti-slavery movement was at it s height it was designed to produce a strong response from the viewer. Below the print is inscribed, ‘Lo! The Poor Captive with distraction wild / Views his dear Patrtner torn from his embrace/A diff’rent captain buys his /Wife and Child/ What time can from his soul such ills erase/’. It had a companion work called ’African Hospitality’. < ...Read more
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Measurements
H 470 mm; W 650 mm
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Materials
paper; ink
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Last Updated
2024-03-26
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