Sujet

The Portuguese slaver Diligenté captured by H.M. Sloop Pearl with 600 slaves on board, May 1838. Creator: Henry Samuel Hawker.

Légende

The Portuguese slaver Diligenté captured by H.M. Sloop Pearl with 600 slaves on board, taken in charge to Nassau, May 1838. The slave ship Diligente was engaged in the illegal slave trade when it was seized in 1838. A lieutenant in the British Royal Navy painted this scene from the ship. He captured the trauma of the Middle Passage in images of malnutrition and overcrowding.;Source: Nancy Bercaw, Curator, Slavery and Freedom

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A73_044

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

347,8Mo (16,6Mo) / 114,6cm x 76,1cm / 13534 x 8983 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation Africa sea people black education painting country Portugal ship ships continent museum geography color African dead death overcrowding location century crew overcrowded concept Portuguese African American African-American afro-american slavery africans sailing ship sailing ships slave slaves United States of America Colour Smithsonian Institution dead body 19th century water transport slaver Educational Institution dead bodies nineteenth century heritage American America USA geographical feature scientific institution slave trade watercolour united states slave ship cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art enslaved person enslaved people National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC watercolor on paper (fiber product) watercolors middle passage Henry Samuel Hawker Hawker Henry Samuel Lieutenant Henry Samuel Hawker