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''The Slave Ship'', originally titled ''Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhon coming on'',〔Turner's title, with period spelling of typhoon. ()〕 is a painting by the British artist J.M.W. Turner, first exhibited in 1840. Measuring 35 3/4 x 48 1/4 in. in oil on canvas, it is now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In this classic example of a Romantic maritime painting, Turner depicts a ship, visible in the background, sailing through a tumultuous sea of churning water and leaving scattered human forms floating in its wake. ==History== J.M.W. Turner was inspired to paint ''The Slave Ship'' in 1840 after reading ''The History and Abolition of the Slave Trade''〔Kleiner, Fred S. ''Gardner's Art Through the Ages A Global History'', Volume II. Belmont: Wadsworth, 2008, p. 795.〕 by Thomas Clarkson. In 1781, the captain of the slave ship ''Zong'' had ordered 133 slaves to be thrown overboard so that insurance payments could be collected. This event probably inspired Turner to create his landscape and to choose to coincide its exhibition with a meeting of the British Anti-Slavery Society. Although slavery had been outlawed in the British Empire since 1833, Turner and many other abolitionists believed that slavery should be outlawed around the world. Turner thus exhibited his painting during the anti-slavery conference, intending for Prince Albert, who was speaking at the event, to see it and be moved to increase British anti-slavery efforts. Placed next to the painting were lines from Turner's own untitled poem, written in 1812: ::"Aloft all hands, strike the top-masts and belay; ::Yon angry setting sun and fierce-edged clouds ::Declare the Typhon's coming. ::Before it sweeps your decks, throw overboard ::The dead and dying – ne'er heed their chains ::Hope, Hope, fallacious Hope! ::Where is thy market now?" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Slave Ship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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