On the deck of a slave ship a Black girl is suspended by her ankle by a British sailor as the captain prepares to whip her with a chain. In the background two other sailors wander off indifferently on the right and on the left a group of enslaved people sit cowering
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Watermark: I Taylor., 'Captn Kimber's' in title erased and replaced in contemporary hand with 'the cruel.', and Mounted to 37 x 49 cm.
Publisher:
Pub April 10, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Picca[dilly]
Subject (Name):
Kimber, John
Subject (Topic):
Slave ships, Slave trade, Punishment & torture, and Whips
