Created by:

Lieutenant Henry Samuel Hawker, English, 1816 - 1889  Search this

Medium:

watercolor on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions:

H x W: 11 3/8 x 17 1/8 in. (28.9 x 43.5 cm)

Type:

watercolors

Place depicted:

Jamaica, Caribbean, North and Central America

Portugal, Europe

Nassau, Bahamas, Caribbean, North and Central America

Date:

May 1838

Caption:

The slave ship Diligente was engaged in the illegal slave trade when it was seized in 1838. A lieutenant in the British Royal Navy painted this scene from the ship. He captured the trauma of the Middle Passage in images of malnutrition and overcrowding.

Source: Nancy Bercaw, Curator, Slavery and Freedom

Description:

A watercolor painting of a slave ship showing five crew members with multiple enslaved persons crowded on the weather deck. A Portuguese flag flies from the ship and the sketched outline of another ship is visible in the background.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Africa  Search this

Art  Search this

Law  Search this

Military  Search this

Slavery  Search this

Trans Atlantic slave trade  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2010.21.2ab

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5320730ca-6bd4-41e9-ac93-5ccf375e79ad

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.21.2ab