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To the friends of Negro Emancipation. (Negros rejoicing at their freedom)
The inscription below the image, which contains historical and offensive terms, reads:
“To the Friends of NEGRO EMANCIPATION, this Print is Inscribed,/
A GLORIOUS AND HAPPY ERA, ON THE FIRST OF AUGUST, BURSTS UPON THE WESTERN WORLD,/
ENGLAND STRIKES HIS MANACLES FROM THE SLAVE, AND BIDS THE BOND GO FREE./
London, Pubd by FG Moon, Bookseller to the King; 20 Threadneedle Street, August 1, 1834,/
Sold also by Hodgson Boys [illegible] Pall Mall; Ackerman, Strand; & [illegible] Tilt St.”
“To the Friends of NEGRO EMANCIPATION, this Print is Inscribed,/
A GLORIOUS AND HAPPY ERA, ON THE FIRST OF AUGUST, BURSTS UPON THE WESTERN WORLD,/
ENGLAND STRIKES HIS MANACLES FROM THE SLAVE, AND BIDS THE BOND GO FREE./
London, Pubd by FG Moon, Bookseller to the King; 20 Threadneedle Street, August 1, 1834,/
Sold also by Hodgson Boys [illegible] Pall Mall; Ackerman, Strand; & [illegible] Tilt St.”
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Object Details
| ID: | PAH7366 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Lucas, David; Moon, Francis Graham Rippingille, Alexander |
| Date made: | 1834; 1836 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 355 mm x 246 mm; Image: 309 mm x 224 mm; Frame: 603 mm x 450 mm; Mount: 555 mm x 405 mm |