Slave Markets

"The Slave" (1872) by J.W. Waterhouse

"Slave Market" (1884) by Domenico Rosso

"The Beautiful Slave" by Luigi Crosio

"Slave Market" by E.A. Hofmann

"The Appraisal" (1879) by Von Chlebowski

"The Open Market" by August Bouchet, 1881
It's not explicitly described as a slave market, by that's one interpretation of Bouchet's title for the painting.

"The Greek Slave", Hiram Powers, 1844
In its day, "The Greek Slave" was one of the most famous Orientalist works of art in the world. In 1847-48 it was taken on a tour of North America and in 1851 had pride of place in the United States' contribution to the Great Exhibition in London. [more...]

"Escrava Romana" (1894) by Oscar Pereira da Silva
The "Roman slave" has a notice hung round her neck which reads "VIRGO XXI ANNUS NATA" or "Virgin, 21 years old".

"La perla del mercader", Alfredo Valenzuela Puelma
Painted in 1884 and showing "The Pearl of the Merchant".

"The Hhareem" by J.F. Lewis (c.1850)
This painting is most commonly entitled "The Hhareem" (with that unusual spelling) but the title "The Harem of a Mameluke Bey, Cairo: The Introduction of an Abyssinian Slave" was used when it was exhibited in the Royal Scottish Academy exhibition of 1853. [more...]

"Slave Market", Cairo, 1878
From G. Ebers' "Pictureseque Egypt Vol II" (1878), which has the following description of the market: "I must mention, as one of the ex-Kedive's best actions, the abolition of the slave trade, which was flourishing in Egypt only a short time since. Very few years have gone by since I myself was one of those who saw the court of an okella well supplied with the human commodity. I am only too glad to leave it to the artist to give a picture of the tragical scene, of which he was a spectator even before I myself was. [more...]

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