Parliamentary Art Collection and links to the transatlantic slave trade In response to the Black Lives Matter movement, the Parliamentary Art Collection is being reviewed to identify depictions of individuals and activities related to the British slave trade and the use of forced labour of enslaved Africans and others in British colonies and beyond. British involvement in the transatlantic slave trade began in 1562, and by the 1730s Britain was the biggest slave-trading nation in the world. The abolition movement in Britain, and the acts of resistance and rebellion by enslaved Africans in the Colonies, led to the abolition of first the trade, and then the use of enslaved labour in British colonies by Acts of Parliament in 1807 and 1833. However, many British people continued to have direct financial gain from the trading and use of enslaved labour and indentured labour in the West Indies, America, India and elsewhere. This document lists works of art owned by the Parliamentary Art Collection which are related to the trading and the use of forced labour of enslaved men, women and children in British Colonies and beyond. This includes works of art depicting individuals that supported or financially benefitted from the British slave trade or enslaved labour, and those who fought for the abolition of trading and the use of forced labour of enslaved peoples. The Parliamentary Art Collection documents the history and work of Parliament, and includes works featuring 17th, 18th and 19th century parliamentarians. As many were wealthy landowners and businessmen, they or their families were often directly involved in, and profited from, the forced labour of enslaved peoples and the trading of those people. Today this is recognised as abhorrent. The intention of the Parliamentary Art Collection is not to venerate people who have supported and committed acts of atrocity, but to truthfully reflect the history of Parliament, our democracy and the people who played a part in it. The interpretation of these artworks is constantly under review. We will continue to explore ways to better explain and contextualise works in the Collection through our website and in other interpretive material. The following list of artworks is not comprehensive, and this document will be updated as new research is undertaken, becomes available or acquisitions are made. There is no definitive list of MPs with close connections to the transatlantic trade, or those who had financial interests in the use of enslaved labour and indentured labour in the West Indies, America, India and elsewhere. However, they will be numerous, and some will be included in artworks on display in Parliament. There are also instances of MPs whose views changed over their time in Parliament, for example those with economic interests in the use of enslaved peoples and the slave trade who later fought for abolition. Finally, this list of artworks does not include every instance where a figure may appear in a work of art, for example in the case of group portraits, but instead provides details for works where the subject is the sole or a major feature. 25/09/2020, v1.0 1 Not all works of art listed below are on display. Where works are on display, some are in areas accessible to the public, and others are in private areas. People who had financial or family interests in the transatlantic slave trade and slavery Depicted WOA Artist Title Medium Year created Sir Robert Peel WOA S602 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Ceramic MP WOA S622 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Ceramic Dickinson, William WOA 86 Sir Robert Peel Bart. M.P. Print Northcote, James WOA S569 Unknown Sir Robert Peel MP Ceramic WOA M0566 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Medal 1837 WOA M0574 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Medal WOA S608 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Object WOA S609 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Ceramic Sir Robert Peel, Bart. 1788-1850 Prime Cousins, Samuel WOA 391 Minister 1834-1835, 1841-1845 and Print 1850 Lawrence, Sir Thomas 1845-1846 Turner, Mr Charles WOA 158 Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bart. M.P. Print 1841 Lawrence, Sir Thomas WOA S566 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Ceramic WOA S568 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Bart Ceramic Unknown Sir Robert Peel and Cobden- repeal of WOA S567 Ceramic the Corn Laws Lewis, Frederick The Right Hon.ble Sir Robert Peel, Bart, WOA 162 Christian Lawrence, Sir Print 1841 M.P. Thomas WOA S562 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Ceramic The Champions of Reform Destroying the WOA 2201 Gillray, James Print 1831 Monster of Corruption WOA 6005 Leech, John Punch Punch's monument to Peel Print 1850 25/09/2020, v1.0 2 Faed, James The Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert WOA 60 Winterhalter, Franz Print 1851 Peel Xaver WOA 534a ATN Sir Robert Peel Print A professor of strong languages Sir WOA 2062 ATN Print 1870 Robert Peel Vanity Fair 1870 WOA 6012 Leech, John Punch Russell Following Peel Print The Derby Dilly taken in tow by the WOA 5170 Doyle, John Print 1835 Patent Safety Peel Lord Derby WOA 5331 Heath, William A Change in the Peel 1830 Print 1830 WOA S617 Wedgwood Sir Robert Peel Ceramic WOA 3616 Doyle, John POLITICAL HARMONICS Print 1829 WOA 3604 Doyle, John Sir Robert Peel as a Knight Print 1830 Ward, George Raphael WOA 160 Pickersgill, Henry Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Bart.1788-1850 Print 1851 William Mr Peel Tours the Rural Districts - WOA 5327 Macpherson, D. Drawing 1906 Electioneering Sketches 1906 The Great Corn Doctor Operating on WOA 949 Heath, Henry Print John Bull Westmacott, James WOA S533 Sir Robert Peel Ceramic 1850 Sherwood Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart. 1788-1850 WOA 2066 Essex, William B. Painting Prime Minister WOA 3790 Unknown Sir Robert Peel Print WOA S687 Noble, Mathew Sir Robert Peel Bart Sculpture 1850 Sir Robert 2nd Baronet Peel 1788-1850 WOA S66 Noble, Mathew Sculpture Prime Minister 1834-5 1841-5 1845-6 WOA 6966 Baxter, George Sir Robert Peel Print Linnell, John Linnell, WOA 102 Sir Robert Peel Print 1838 John 25/09/2020, v1.0 3 Leaders of England in 1842 Peel, Unknown, Illustrated WOA 5288 Wellington, Melbourne, Victoria ... The Print 1892 London News Illustrated London News 1892 Residence of the Late Sir Robert Peel, WOA 3110 Unknown Print 1850 Bart. Faed, James The Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert WOA 1824 Winterhalter, Franz Print 1844 Peel 1844 Xaver William Ewart Gladstone MP WOA 6981 Spy William Ewart Gladstone Print SCENES IN THE LIBERAL UNION No. 3 Merry, Tom St WOA 3455 CASUALS AT WORK St. Stephen's Review Print 1886 Stephen's Review 1886 The People's William (W. E. Gladstone WOA 2051 Spy Print 1879 Vanity Fair 1879) Wyllie, William Morison THE KIEL FETES: MR. GLADSTONE ON WOA 5280 Hall, Sydney Prior, The BOARD THE 'TANTALLON CASTLE' The Print Graphic Graphic Fowler, Sir Robert William Ewart Gladstone 1809-98 Prime WOA 2735 Nicholas Millais, Sir Painting Minister John Everett Dadd, Frank Illustrated Gladstone: Sunday Morning at Hawarden WOA 4082 Print 1880 London News Illustrated London News 1880 A DREAM OF THE PILLORY: Or, the Right Merry, Tom St WOA 3468 Man in the Right Place St. Stephen's Print 1887 Stephen's Review Review 1887 The Election Campaign: Mr. Gladstone in Unknown Illustrated WOA 4098 the Free Church Assembly Hall at Print 1885 London News Edinburgh Illustrated London News 1885 Unknown Illustrated Mr. Gladstone in Midlothian Illustrated WOA 5062 Print London News London News 25/09/2020, v1.0 4 Mr. Gladstone Delivering his Address as Unknown Illustrated WOA 4088 Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow Print 1879 London News Illustrated London News 1879 The Election Campaign: Mr. Gladstone at Unknown Illustrated WOA 4094 the Albert Hall, Edinburgh Illustrated Print 1885 London News London News 1885 WOA S673 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Metalwork WOA S582 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic Unknown Illustrated Mr. Gladstone at Birmingham Illustrated WOA 5010 Print 1877 London News London News 1877 Barlow, Thomas WOA 192 Oldham Millais, Sir John William Ewart Gladstone Print 1881 Everett WOA S605 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic Merry, Tom St A LIVING DOG IS BETTER THAN A DEAD WOA 3459 Print 1886 Stephen's Review LION' St. Stephen's Review 1886 Unknown Tried, Trusted, True Right Hon W. E. WOA T48 Textile Gladstone MP WOA S620 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic WOA 6978 Unknown "Babble, Birth and Brummagem" Print WOA M0565 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Medal WOA M0569 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Medal Unknown WOA S571 William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic WOA S621 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic Merry, Tom St WAKING' THE HOME RULE BILL St. WOA 3448 Print 1886 Stephen's Review Stephen's Review 1886 Merry, Tom St THE HOME RULE LEAP St. Stephen's WOA 5386 Print Stephen's Review Review Presentation Cartoon 1886 Merry, Tom St ‘Et Tu, Brute!' St. Stephen's Review WOA 5387 Print Stephen's Review Presentation Cartoon 1885 25/09/2020, v1.0 5 Merry, Tom Hogarth, MARRIAGE A LA MODE NEW SERIES WOA 5389 Mr William St Stephen's Print No.5 St. Stephen's Review 1885 Review Merry, Tom St Mr Gladstone and his clerks St Stephen's WOA 4132 Print 1886 Stephen's Review Review 1886 WOA S671 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Sculpture Illustrated London Fifty Years of a Statesman's Life, WOA 6152 Print 1883 News Illustrated London News WOA 5743 Spy The people's William Print 1879 WOA S607 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic WOA S624 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic WOA S679 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic WOA S623 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic WOA S574 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic WOA S629 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic WOA 7007 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Print WOA S680 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic WOA S685 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic William Ewart Gladstone 1809-98 Prime WOA 3113 Forbes, John Colin Print Minister WOA S539 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic WOA S570 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Ceramic WOA S649 Unknown William Ewart Gladstone Metalwork Merry, Tom St SHOOTING THE RAPIDS St.