The National Gallery has published detailed research into its links to the slave trade – including the connections of John Julius Angerstein, whose Old Master paintings formed the nucleus of the gallery when it was founded in 1824.
The data, covering mainly the years 1824 - 80, records at least 67 trustees and donors, as well as sitters and painters, with links to slavery. A further 27 people were associated with the abolitionist movement, and 17 linked to both slavery and abolition.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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