On Jan. 14, the Kimbell Art Museum will premiere an online lecture by two world experts on the 19th century, exploring one of the most important paintings of the Romantic period. At first glance, ...
One of the most iconic images of slavery is a schematic wood engraving depicting the human cargo hold of a slave ship. First published by British abolitionists in 1788, it exposed this widespread ...
J.M.W. Turner, “The Slave Ship” (1840, via Wikimedia) LONDON — In 2007, a replica 18th-century ship called the “Zong” sailed up the river Thames to mark the 200th anniversary of Britain’s abolition of ...