Collection Highlights
Parure
ca. 1820
1920.11-17
Cut steel
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Luce Center
Cross-section of a model of a slave ship
Title
Cross-section of a model of a slave ship
Date
ca. 18th Century
Medium
Wood
Description
A wooden model of the slave ship Brookes, produced for the French revolutionary leader Mirabeau, intended to be used as a prop in the National Assembly’s debate on ending slavery in France.
Credit Line
Bibliotheque de L'Arsenal, Paris, France/Archives Charmet/The Bridgeman Art Library
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
