Witnessing slavery : art and travel in the age of abolition /

A timely and original look at the role of the eyewitness account in the representation of slavery in British and European art. Gathering together over 160 paintings, watercolors, drawings and prints, this book offers an unprecedented examination of the shifting iconography of slavery in British and...

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Main Author:	Thomas, Sarah, 1965 October 26- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : New Haven, Connecticut : Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art ; Distributed by Yale University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Slavery in art. Slave trade in art.