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Black slave presenting a white girl for inspection
This pen and wash drawing of what is probably a black eunuch presenting a probably Latin white enslaved girl for the inspection of their master - the viewer being made complicit in the intended purpose - relates to an engraving (in reverse) after Louis Marie Sicard, see ZBA2645. It is a more salaciously suggestive version but whether it is Sicard's original - toned down in the print - or a spiced-up copy after that by another hand is not currently known. Part of the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection. See also ZBA2436.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA2732 |
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| Collection: | Special collections |
| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown; circle of Louis Marie Sicard |
| Date made: | Early 19th century; circa 1840 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 409 mm x 311 mm; Image: 409 mm x 311 mm; Mount: 636 mm x 484 mm |