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The Captive Slave
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The Captive Slave is a painting by British artist John Simpson, which was first exhibited in London in 1827. The portrait shows a man, manacled, on a stone bench and looking pensively or plaintively u
John Philip Simpson The Captive Slave, 1827
John Philip Simpson The Captive Slave, 1827
Detail, thought to be a portrait of the actor Ira Aldridge
Detail, thought to be a portrait of the actor Ira Aldridge
Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago is a private, nonprofit art museum in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
The Captive Slave
…abolitionist statement. After being displayed again in 1828, the painting was not given another public showing for 180 years, until it was purchased by the Art Institute of Chicago in 2008. The three-quarter portrait shows a Black man in orange-red open collar clothing, sitting on a stone bench, against a muted background, with…
Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago seen from Michigan Avenue
The Art Institute of Chicago seen from Michigan Avenue
What is believed to be the oldest image of the Art Institute, taken in 1890, and published in the Detroit Catalogue J. in 1901
What is believed to be the oldest image of the Art Institute, taken in 1890, and published in the Detroit Catalogue J. in 1901
Mary Cassatt's The Child's Bath, 1891–92
Mary Cassatt's The Child's Bath, 1891–92
Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, 1942
Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, 1942