A black man stands with his arms raised, a woman by his side is laughing and holding up a baby and a young child is shaking broken chains. Mezzotint by David Lucas after Alexander Rippingille.

London (467 Oxford Street) ; Paris (15 Rue Charlot) : Thomas Boys(of the late firm of Moon, Boys & Graves), Printseller to the Royal Family : F. Gambart & Co, Feby. 15 1853.

1 print : mezzotint ; image 31 x 22.3 cm

To the friends of negro emancipation, this print is inscribed. A glorious and happy era, on the first of August, bursts upon the Western world; England strikes the manacle from the slave and bids the bond go free. Painted by Alexr. Rippingille. Engraved by David Lucas.

Wellcome Collection 33071i