| ISBN: | 9781913107055 |
| Publication date: | 3rd September 2019 |
| Author: | Sarah Thomas |
| Publisher: | Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art an imprint of Yale University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Genres: |
History of art General and world history European history History and Archaeology Slavery and abolition of slavery |
A timely and original look at the role of the eyewitness account in the representation of slavery in British and European art Gathering together over 160 paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints, this book offers an unprecedented examination of the shifting iconography of slavery in British and European art between 1760 and 1840. In addition to considering how the work of artists such as Agostino Brunias, James Hakewill, and Augustus Earle responded to abolitionist politics, Sarah Thomas examines the importance of the eyewitness account in endowing visual representations of transatlantic slavery with veracity.
Witnessing Slavery features in the following genres: History of art, General and world history, European history, History and Archaeology, Slavery and abolition of slavery
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Witnessing Slavery was written by Sarah Thomas and published by Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art an imprint of Yale University Press
Witnessing Slavery has 304 pages