- Created by
- Smith, John Raphael, British, 1752 - 1812
- Date
- 1791
- Medium
- lithographic ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 21 × 28 in. (53.3 × 71.1 cm)
- H x W x D (Framed): 24 1/4 × 31 × 1 3/4 in. (61.6 × 78.7 × 4.4 cm)
- Description
- Illustrates a poem about a woman and her child being torn from the arms of her helpless husband and sold on the coast
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- mezzotints
- Topic
- Africa
- Art
- Slavery
- Trans Atlantic slave trade
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.8.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




