John Philip Simpson
1782–1847
Ira Aldridge, a freeborn American actor and abolitionist, modeled for Simpson's The Captive Slave. Its 1827 Royal Academy catalogue entry included an antislavery passage by William Cowper.
1782–1847
Ira Aldridge, a freeborn American actor and abolitionist, modeled for Simpson's The Captive Slave. Its 1827 Royal Academy catalogue entry included an antislavery passage by William Cowper.
