1800-1848
Industrial Revolution I

Turner's Slave Ship


Joseph Mallord William Turner, Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On), 1840, oil on canvas, 90.8 x 122.6 cm / 35-3/4 x 48-1/4 inches (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Speakers: Lori Landay and Beth Harris at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Turners Slave Ship
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