© International Slavery Museum
A painting depicting the powerful iconography of abolition, set against the backdrop of a Caribbean sugar plantation.
The work was based on a design commissioned by the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade on 5 July 1787.
Provenance
The Hon David Herbert; Mark Gilbey, purchased c.1990; The Estate of Mark Gilbey, acquired by the current owner 1993; UK Private Collection.
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