Details
Creator Walton, W. L., lithographer.
Title Insurrection on board a slave ship [graphic] / W.L. Walton, lith.
Publisher London: Printed by A. La Riviere, 18 Clifton St., Finsbury
Publisher ENGLAND. London. 1851
Date [1851]
Physical Description 1 print: color lithograph; image 11 x 18 cm. (4.25 x 7 in)
Description Lithograph was copied from an engraving originally published in Carl Bernhard Wadstrom's Essay on Colonization (London: Printed for the author, by Darton and Harvey, Gracechurch-Street, 1794-95). As the title suggests, the lithograph shows an insurrection aboard a slave ship. From the vantage point of a raised barricade near the ship's stern, the crew fires upon (what looks to be) hundreds of slaves crowded upon the deck. A number of slaves jump overboard. A cloud of smoke hovers over the British vessel.
Is part of Fox, William. Brief history of the Wesleyan missions on the Western coast of Africa. London: Printed for the author, published by Aylott and Jones, 8, Paternoster-Row: sold also by John Mason, 66, Paternoster-Row, MDCCCLI [1851].
Notes Illustration in William Fox's A Brief History of the Wesleyan Missions on the Western Coast of Africa (London: Printed for the author, published by Aylott and Jones, 8, Paternoster-Row: sold also by John Mason, 66, Paternoster-Row, MDCCCLI [1851]), p. 116.
Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Scenes from the Slave Trade.
Subject Slave insurrections.
Slave ships.
Slave trade.
Slaves -- Capture & imprisonment.
Genre Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Book illustrations -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Books & Other Texts | Rare | Am 1851 Fox 12623.O p 116
Accession number 12623.O