'Scene on the Coast of Africa' (The Slave Trade)

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'Scene on the Coast of Africa' (The Slave Trade)

An engraving published by Leggatt. The original painting was shown in Berlin in 1835 and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1840 as 'The slave trade'. It was given to Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, whose widow presented it to Wilberforce House, Hull.

See ZBA2509 for another copy and ZBA2761 for another version.

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Object Details

ID:	ZBA2729
Collection:	Special collections
Type:	Print
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Leggatt; Wagstaff, C. E. Biard, François-Auguste
Date made:	1844
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund
Measurements:	Sheet: 602 mm x 763 mm; Image: 515 mm x 712 mm