Europe supported by Africa and America 1796
« This illustrated version of the visionary William Blake
engraving offers colonial dialogue as a potential dance among equals. Blake was opposed to slavery and the bright gold bands on Africa and America are symbols of enslavement. « While one hand of Europe limply holds the rope that links the three continents, the other more rigorously grasps the hand of the African in sisterly equality. This was a dramatic innovation in the concept of the relationship between the continents, reflecting Blake’s abolitionist perspective. »
Europe supported by Africa and America 1796
Europe supported by Africa and America 1796
The Temptation and Fall of Eve 1808, Museum of Fine Arts United Kingdom
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