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Thus man devotes his brother and destroys
Watercolour image embellished with prickwork. The inscription is a poem by William Cowper (1731-1800): 'Thus man devotes his brother and destroys;/And worse than all, and most to be deplored/As human nature's broadest, foulest blot/Chains him, and tasks him and exacts his sweat/With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart/Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast'. The work is watermarked 1827.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA2510 |
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| Collection: | Special collections |
| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | circa 1827 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 195 mm x 157 mm; Mount: 440 mm x 320 mm |