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SLAVERY - ABOLITIONISM -- "SLAVE TRADE. Lo! the poor Captive with distraction wild. Views his dear Partner torn from his embrace! A diff'rent Captain buys his Wife and Child. What time can from his Soul such ills erase?" Lond., 1791. Cont. plain mezzotint by J.R. Smith after George Morland. 480 x 655 mm. (Completely remargined (upper new margin torn), captions partly touched up in black ink).
In 1788, the popular English artist George Morland (1763-1804) produced an oil painting which he originally titled "The Affectionate Slaves" or "Execrable Human Traffic". The scene of an African man torn from his family by European slavers was engraved by John Raphael Smith for this 1791 print. It provided an enduring visual image to help promote the abolitionist cause. - Sold w.a.f., not subject to return.€ 120
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