The Slave Ship - Tableau
- Title of the document: The Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On)
- Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775–1851)
- Date: 1840
The Slave ship - Questions
1.Discussion
- What does this painting evoke to you?
- Why did the artist choose these colours?
- What title would you give to this painting?
2.Analysis and interpretation
- What is this ship doing in the middle of the ocean?
- Where is it?
- When could this kind of ship be seen?
- In the bottom right-hand corner, what is floating in the ocean?
- To whom do these feet and hands belong?
- What could this painting represent?