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Slavery and Portraiture in
18th-century Atlantic Britain

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J. Obrisset, Snuffbox
J. Obrisset, Snuffbox
Attributed to B. Lens, Portrait of a Young Man
Attributed to B. Lens, Portrait of a Young Man
W. Hogarth, *Taste in High Life*
W. Hogarth, Taste in High Life
H-F. Gravelot, A Game of Quadrille
H-F. Gravelot, A Game of Quadrille
G. Hamilton, Group portrait, probably of the Raikes family
G. Hamilton, Group portrait
A. Devis, John Orde, His Wife Anne, and His Eldest Son William
A. Devis, John Orde, His Wife Anne, and His Eldest Son William
J. Bretherton after T. Orde, *High Life Below Stairs*
J. Bretherton after T. Orde, High Life Below Stairs
[Unknown artist], An Unknown Man
[Unknown artist], An Unknown Man
"Am I Not A Man And A Brother" Anti-Slavery Conder Token
Anti-Slavery Conder Token
T. Clarkson, [Untitled map of abolition of the slave trade]
T. Clarkson, The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the abolition of the African slave-trade by the British Parliament
J. R. Smith after W. R. Bigg, A Lady and Her Children Relieving a Cottager
J. R. Smith after W. R. Bigg, A Lady and Her Children Relieving a Cottager
J. R. Smith after G. Morland, *The Slave Trade*
J. R. Smith after G. Morland, The Slave Trade
*Plan and Sections of a Slave Ship*, from Carl Bernhard Wadström’s *An Essay on Colonization...* (London: Darton and Harvey, 1794–95)
Plan and Sections of a Slave Ship
J. G. Stedman, *Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition*
W. Stedman, Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition
J. Reynolds, *Charles Stanhope, third Earl of Harrington*
J. Reynolds, Charles Stanhope, third Earl of Harrington
E. Fisher after J. Reynolds, Lady Elizabeth Keppel
E. Fisher after J. Reynolds, Lady Elizabeth Keppel
J. G. Nordheim, *The Battle of Bunker's Hill*
J. G. Nordheim after J. Trumbull, Battle of Bunker Hill
J. Trumbull, *Lieutenant Thomas Grosvenor and His Negro Servant*
J. Trumbull, Lieutenant Thomas Grosvenor and His Negro Servant
Ignatius Sancho; ed. Mrs. F. Crew Phillips, with Joseph Jekyll, *Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African* (2nd ed. London: J. Nicols and C. Dillly, 1783), frontispiece.
I. Sancho, Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African
[Unknown artist], Phyllis Wheatley, Negro servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston (frontispiece to Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral)
P. Wheatley, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
J. A. U. Gronniosaw, A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars of the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince
J. A. U. Gronniosaw, A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars of the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince
Mary Prince with ed. Thomas Pringle, *The History of Mary Prince...* (London: F. Westley and A.H. Davis; Edinburgh: Waugh & Innes, 1831), title page.
M. Prince, The History of Mary Prince
M. Darly, *A Mungo Macaroni*
M. Darly, A Mungo Macaroni
[Unknown artist], The Chapeau Macaroni
M. Darly, The Chapeau Macaroni
W. Austin, *The Duchess of Queensberry Playing at Foils with her Favorite Lap Dog Mungo*
W. Austin, The Duchess of Queensberry Playing at Foils with her Favorite Lap Dog Mungo
R. Cosway, *Richard and Maria Cosway*
R. Cosway, Richard and Maria Cosway
[Unknown artist], group portrait featuring Elihu Yale (YCBA)
[Unknown artist], group portrait featuring Elihu Yale (YCBA)
[Unknown artist], Elihu Yale Sundial
[Unknown artist], Elihu Yale Sundial
B. Dandridge, *A Young Girl with a Dog and a Page*
W. Faithorne, *Beauty's Tribute*
W. Faithorne after P. Lely, Beauty's Tribute
"Two African Princes," Gentleman's Magazine (London: 1750)
"Two African Princes," Gentleman's Magazine (London: 1750)
Studio of F. Harwood, Bust of a Man
Studio of F. Harwood, Bust of a Man
W. Hogarth, Portrait of a Family
W. Hogarth, Portrait of a Family
[Unknown artist], Signet ring for wax seal
Unknown artist, Signet Ring
W. Pyott after Carl Frederick van Breda, *The Benevolent Effects of Abolishing Slavery*
W. Pyott after C. F. van Breda, The Benevolent Effects of Abolishing Slavery or the Planter instructing his Negro
P. Martini after J. H. Ramberg, *Exhibition of Royal Academy*
P. Martini after J. H. Ramberg, Exhibition of Royal Academy
[Unknown artist], "Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African," from *The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano* (Dublin: Printed for the author, 1791), frontispiece.
O. Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
John Raphael Smith, *A Lady Holding a Negro Mask*
J. R. Smith, A Lady Holding a Negro Mask