The abolition of the slave trade, or, The inhumanity of dealers in human flesh exemplified in the cruel treatment of a young negro girl of 15 for her virjen [sic] modesty [graphic].

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Title: The abolition of the slave trade, or, The inhumanity of dealers in human flesh exemplified in the cruel treatment of a young negro girl of 15 for her virjen [sic] modesty [graphic].
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [10 April 1792]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub April 10, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Picca[dilly]
Abstract: On the deck of a slave ship a Black girl is suspended by her ankle by a British sailor as the captain prepares to whip her with a chain. In the background two other sailors wander off indifferently on the right and on the left a group of enslaved people sit cowering
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Watermark: I Taylor.
'Captn Kimber's' in title erased and replaced in contemporary hand with 'the cruel.'
Mounted to 37 x 49 cm.
Provenance: Maggs; August 1964;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.9 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 28 x 37 cm
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 792.04.10.03

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1792
Etchings England London 1792
Watermarks (Paper) I Taylor
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Kimber, John
Subject (Topic): Slave ships
Slave trade
Punishment & torture
Whips
Subjects: Kimber, John > Caricatures and cartoons
Slave ships
Slave trade
Punishment & torture
Whips
England > 1792
England > London > 1792
I Taylor

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 7815398
Object ID (OID): 10732762