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Capture of a large slave-ship by H.M.S. "Pluto"

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Image ID

807917


Item data

Title

Capture of a large slave-ship by H.M.S. "Pluto"

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
Slave Ships

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1860

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC SLAV

Subjects

Slave trade
Slave ships
Pluto (Ship)
Confiscations -- 1800-1899
Ships -- 1800-1899

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Printed on border: "Pictorial archives." "See next page." Written on border: "Apr. 28, 1860." Foxing on image.
Source Note: Illustrated London news. (London : Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd., 1842-).

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 17 x 24 cm. (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17594449
Barcode: 33333159334255
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4c3f2460-c563-012f-d689-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1860

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Capture of a large slave-ship by H.M.S. "Pluto"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1860. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4c3f2460-c563-012f-d689-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1860). Capture of a large slave-ship by H.M.S. "Pluto" Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4c3f2460-c563-012f-d689-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Capture of a large slave-ship by H.M.S. "Pluto"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4c3f2460-c563-012f-d689-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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