Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Dover, Peter
Title:
Between two rivers / Peter Dover.
Published / Created:
Canterbury [England] : G.F.A. Press, K.I.A.D., 1995.
Physical Description:
[12] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N7433.4.D78 B48 1995
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Poem.

Illustrations are chiefly printed on translucent leaves.

Three of the images are taken from "Description of a Slave ship," a four page pamphlet consisting of text describing the appalling conditions endured by enslaved Africans during the Middle Passage. The engraving is purportedly of the "Brookes," a slave ship built in Liverpool in 1781 that routinely sailed between Liverpool, Fort William at Anamabou in present day Ghana, and Kingston, Jamaica. Cf. Art and emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his worlds.

Edition limited to 25 copies.

Art and emancipation in Jamaica, p. 299

BAC: British Art Center copy is artist's proof no. 1, signed by the artist. Bound in original quarter brown cloth and illustrated boards.
Subject Terms:
Brookes (Ship) | Artists' books -- Great Britain. | Slave trade in art. | Slave trade -- Great Britain. | Slave ships. | G.F.A. Press -- Publisher
Form/Genre:
Artists' books -- Great Britain