Pity the poor Negro!

An image showing 'ZBA2536; Watercolour on card with an elaborate border. In the centre of the panel is a watercolour of a black woman sitting on a basket with a pear in her hand. Her clothes and headscarf have been done in watercolour and prickwork.'

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Watercolour on card with an elaborate border. In the centre of the panel is a watercolour of a black woman sitting on a basket with a pear in her hand. Her clothes and headscarf have been done in watercolour and prickwork. Under the figure is the handwritten inscription: 'Pity the poor Negro!'.

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Object Details

ID:	ZBA2536
Collection:	Special collections
Type:	Drawing
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Unknown
Date made:	circa 1827
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund
Measurements:	Sheet: 220 mm x 179 mm; Image: 151 mm x 113 mm; Mount: 484 mm x 318 mm