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| Keywords: Description of a slave slip by anonymous wood engraving 1789.jpg of a slave ship by an anonymous artist wood engraving 328 mm x 444 mm This is one of several prints produced from the same woodblocks showing plans and sections of the slave ship Brookes of Liverpool A model of the ship was used by William Wilberforce in the House of Commons to demonstrate conditions on the Middle Passage The woodcut was first produced in 1786 to illustrate various works by Thomas Clarkson and was then distributed separately by abolitionists Courtesy of the British Museum London British Museum http //www britishmuseum org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details aspx objectid 693429 partid 1 searchText william+wilberforce fromADBC ad toADBC ad numpages 10 images on orig 2fresearch 2fsearch_the_collection_database aspx currentPage 4 unknown anonymous 1789 PD-old-100 Wood engravings Slave ships William Wilberforce | ||||
