Capture of the Veloz Passagera | Unknown Artist | 19th Century

Two sailing vessels confront one another across choppy water, their pale sails rising above dark hulls and a low bank of drifting smoke. The closer ship’s rigging and gunports are sharply defined, while the second vessel is partly obscured by the effects of the engagement. The image records the capture of the slave ship Veloz Passagera by HMS Primrose in 1830. Its conventional naval action format carries a history inseparable from the lives of the enslaved people held aboard the captured vessel.

Frame:

A black solid-wood frame with a 2.4mm snow-white bevel-cut mount, supplied ready to hang.

Print:

Premium heavyweight matte fine art paper, printed with water-based inks. The artwork fills the mount opening without an additional white print border.

Sizes:

14 × 11 inches — 35.6 × 27.9 cm

24 × 18 inches — 61.0 × 45.7 cm