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Object Type
Museum number: 2006,0830.50
Title: Object: Flagellation of a Female Samboe Slave
Description: A woman hung by the arms from a tree branch with men with whips in the background, a plate facing p.326 of the first volume of J.G.Stedman's 'Narrative of a five years' expedition against the revolted slaves of Surinam' (London 1796). 1793 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: William Blake; After: John Gabriel Stedman; Published by: Joseph Johnson
School/style
Production date: 1793
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 254 millimetres; Width: 195 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Part of a group of eight plates from a damaged and incomplete copy of the book (see 2006,0830.43 to 50).
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2007 April-May, Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, Blake 2007/8 Nov-Jan, Glasgow, Burrell Collection, Blake 2008 Jan-April, Manchester, Whitworth AG, Blake
Subjects: slave/slavery; torture; black
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Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2006
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2006,0830.50
Conservation: Treatment: 07 Mar 2007; Treatment: 10 Nov 2006

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