Slaves Waiting for Sale - Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade

Zusammenfassung In 1853, Eyre Crowe, a young British artist, visited a slave auction in Richmond, Virginia. Harrowed by what he witnessed, he captured the scene in sketches that he would later develop into a series of illustrations and paintings. This book uses Crowe's paintings to explore the texture of the slave trade in Richmond, Charleston, and New Orleans.

Product details

• Authors: Maurie D. McInnis, Maurie Dee McInnis, MCINNIS MAURIE D, McInnis Maurie D.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2011
• EAN: 9780226559339
• ISBN: 978-0-226-55933-9
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 254 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, United States of America, USA, Painting & paintings, Individual artists, art monographs, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Paintings and painting