Witnessing slavery: art and travel in the age of abolition
- Submitting institution
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Birkbeck College
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 803
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- ISBN
- 9781913107055
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2019
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- Witnessing Slavery results from painstaking research over a period of ten years, in which time I visited archives in Australia, Barbados, Jamaica and UK. It offers an unprecedented examination of the iconography of slavery in British and European art between 1760 and 1840. The book considers a substantial body of oil paintings, watercolours, drawings and prints, sourced from museums and private collections around the world. It is illustrated with over 160 images, which meant securing digital files, copyright permissions, obtaining funds to cover associated costs, and liaising with institutions and private collectors from Brazil, the Caribbean, Europe and North America
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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