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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) "Oh please spare him!" [supplied title]. Oil painting of a slave being whipped by his master or an overseer, while the owner's children attempt to intervene. Oil on canvas, 34 x 26-1/2 inches; conserved, restored and re-stretched. Np, probably English, ca 1830's to 1840's
A fine representation of a classic image, often seen in anti-slavery chapbooks, such as the "Poor Negro," "The Negro Servant," "The Dairyman's Daughter," etc. Originating with Leigh Hunt (1772-1827) and his "Annals of the Poor" and taken up by the abolitionists in numerous variations.
