The Slave Trade

The Slave Trade

1791
Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812 after George Morland, 1763–1804
Mezzotint, printed in color, published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Sheet: 22 × 29 1/2 inches (55.9 × 74.9 cm) Plate: 18 3/4 × 25 1/2 inches (47.6 × 64.8 cm) Image: 18 1/4 × 25 3/8 inches (46.4 × 64.5 cm)
B1978.43.283
Lettered, below image, lower left: "Painted by G Morland" ; below image, lower center left : "Lo' the poor Captive with distraction wild | Views his dear Partner torn from his embrace!"; below image, center: "SLAVE TRADE"; below: "London Publish'd Feb. 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection