Sklavenhandel/Slave-Trade

An engraving titled 'Sklavenhandel'. 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.

Object Details

ID: ZBA2761
Collection: Special collections
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wagstaff, C. E.; Biard, François-Auguste Leggatt
Date made: circa 1844
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund
Measurements: Sheet: 551 mm x 710 mm; Image: 435 mm x 603 mm