The Year of Release is at Hand

  • Reference
    • GB 133 English MS 415/196a
  • Dates of Creation
    • n.d.
  • Physical Description
    • 1 piece

Scope and Content

Original painting of 'The Year of Release is at Hand' by Edward Henry Corbould. An enslaved family kneeling in front of a large piece of stone with the name 'Wilberforce' carved on it. There are broken chains and shackles lying next to them and a scroll with the words 'Emancipation' and the names of 'Clarkson', 'Suffield' and 'Buxton'. Engraved by Timothy Stansfeld Engleheart (English MS 415/196b), was used as the frontispiece to the book The Bow in the Cloud: Or, The Negro's Memorial ...