File:'The slave ship Brooks' RMG F0872.tiff
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English: 'The slave ship Brooks' This is a late variant of the well-known and widely copied set of stowage plans of the Liverpool slave ship 'Brooks', first published in 1789 (see ZBA2745). The Liverpool ship, the ‘Brooks’, was used in the slave trade in 1781. In 1788, abolitionists in Britain commissioned a drawing of how people were squeezed on board the ‘Brooks’ to raise awareness of the inhumanity of the slave trade. The image was so effective that it was soon reproduced and distributed widely around the country and abroad. The crisp drawing of the ship’s architecture contrasts with the figures of enslaved Africans crammed below decks, without room to sit let alone to stand. Even today, the image of the Brooks is one of the most powerful and recognisable images associated with the slave trade and its abolition. |
| Date | 1814 |
| Dimensions | Image: 444 mm x 297 mm; Mount: 485 mm x 636 mm |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/254938 |
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | id number: ZBA2721 undefined: PR5 |
| Collection | Fine art |
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