Jon.n Richardson.Pinx.t. W.m Pether Sculp.t 1817.
Sold by Norton & Sons, Corn Street, Bristol. Price 12 Sh.gs.
Mezzotint. 505 x 350mm (20 x 13¾).
Edward Colston (1636-1721), a wealthy merchant whose philanthropy earned him great respect in Bristol, where he was commemorated with statues, a concert hall and street names. However he kept secret his role as a highly placed officer in the Royal African Company (which held the monopoly on trade with Africa for gold, ivory, spices and slaves from 1672 to 1698) so successfully that early biographies do not mention it. In 2020 his links to the slave trade were the focus of the 'Black Lives Matter' protests in Bristol, during which his statue was pulled down and dumped in Bristol Harbour.
CS 5. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4883] £520.00
Sold by Norton & Sons, Corn Street, Bristol. Price 12 Sh.gs.
Mezzotint. 505 x 350mm (20 x 13¾).
Edward Colston (1636-1721), a wealthy merchant whose philanthropy earned him great respect in Bristol, where he was commemorated with statues, a concert hall and street names. However he kept secret his role as a highly placed officer in the Royal African Company (which held the monopoly on trade with Africa for gold, ivory, spices and slaves from 1672 to 1698) so successfully that early biographies do not mention it. In 2020 his links to the slave trade were the focus of the 'Black Lives Matter' protests in Bristol, during which his statue was pulled down and dumped in Bristol Harbour.
CS 5. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4883] £520.00