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.', and Mounted to 37 x 49 cm.
Publisher:
Pub April 10, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Picca[dilly]
Subject (Name):
Kimber, John
Subject (Topic):
Slave ships, Slave trade, Punishment & torture, and Whips
"Five British sailors make a furious attack on six French soldiers, grotesque and terrified creatures, whom the sailors humiliate and insult. Their officer (left), who holds a British flag, is threatened by a sailor with clenched fists, and excretes, terrified. A sailor with a scourge slashes the bared posteriors of a Frenchman who grovels on the ground, saying, "oh le pauvre Commandant"; he says, "Now foutre you'l take 2 Merchants Ships for a fleet of Men of War again". A Frenchman, nearly throttled by an angry sailor, cries "Ca-ira Ca-ira". A sailor pulls the queue of the drummer, to whom he offers a piece of tobacco, saying, "here you B--g--r heres a stale Quid for you Instead of Hartshorn". A sailor on the extreme right pulls the queue of a Frenchman and raises his club to strike; the latter says, "oh Diable we was Make de Dam Mistake Parblue". The sailor answers, "aye aye D------n Your Eyes Ill make you Blue and Black too". In the background (left) are buildings inscribed 'Nantes'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vision interpreted
Description:
Title etched below image., A satire about an incident at Nantes, 29 June 1791., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub. July 15, 1791, by S. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Nantes (France), France, Great Britain., Great Britain, and France.
Subject (Topic):
History, Relations, Arms & armament, Defecation, Drums (Musical instruments), Fighting, Flags, British, National emblems, Rifles, Sailors, French, and Whips