Parliamentary Art Collection and links to the transatlantic slave trade In common with the approach being taken by a number of museums, art galleries and other large collections, the Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art is reviewing and updating the Parliamentary Art Collection – supporting its aim for the collection to become more representative of diversity. The intention is to consider the current approach to managing the Collection and how to broaden its diversity and inclusion. 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 slavery and/or the slave trade • financially benefitted from the British slave trade or enslaved labour • had close family ties to slavery and/or the slave trade It also lists those who fought for the abolition of trading and the use of forced labour of enslaved peoples. This document is the third release which lists works of art identified in the review so far. The review will continue to publish updated versions of this list quarterly, as new works are discovered through additional research. Additional works of art within the scope of this review have been identified in this third release of data and can be found in the table below. The Parliamentary Art Collection is working with the rigorous academic research published by institutions such as University College London and Historic England, cross-referencing against works of art in our collection. Additional research from the History of Parliament Trust has also been utilised during the review. 23/04/2021, v3.0 1 Where an individual has been listed in this document as having links to slavery and the slave trade, the source of this information has also been provided. 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 or Peers 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 Members 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. 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. Sources consulted by the Parliamentary Art Collection to date: 1) The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership at University College London has produced an online resource which enables users to search for people who financially benefitted from the transatlantic slave trade and slavery where they received compensation after the abolition: University College London Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership website. 2) Hall, Catherine, et al. Appendix 4: List of MPs 1832–80 who appear in the compensation records. Legacies of British Slave-Ownership: Colonial Slavery and the Formation of Victorian Britain, Cambridge University Press, 2014. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/parliamentuk/detail.action?docID=1719623. 3) Parliamentary History Volume 33, Issue S1, Special Issue: Texts & Studies Series 9: The Correspondence of Stephen Fuller, 1788‐1795: Jamaica, the West India Interest at Westminster and the Campaign to Preserve the Slave Trade, Edited by M.W. McCahill (2014), Introduction. Parliamentary History, 33: 1-61. https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-0206.12069 and, Appendix 1: Members of Parliament with West Indian Connections, 1780–96. Parliamentary History, 33: 229-233. doi:10.1111/1750-0206.12074 23/04/2021, v3.0 2 4) Dresser, Madge and Hann, Andrew et al. Slavery and the British Country House, English Heritage, 2013. https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/slavery-and-british-country-house/ 5) Taylor, Michael, The West India Interest and Colonial Slavery in Parliament, 1823-33, Parliament, Politics, and People, 3 November https://thehistoryofparliament.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/m.taylor-west-india-interest-and-colonial-slavery-in-parliament-1823-33- ppp-ihr-3-nov.pdf Source Key: H E – Historic England’s Slavery and the British Country House HALL – Catherine Hall et al. Legacies of British Slave-Ownership: Colonial Slavery and the Formation of Victorian Britain HOPT – History of Parliament Trust research ODNB – Oxford Dictionary of National Biography P H - Parliamentary History Volume 33, Issue S1 (2014) TAYLOR - Michael Taylor, The West India Interest and Colonial Slavery in Parliament, 1823-33 UCL – Legacies of British Slave-ownership database People who supported slavery, had financial or family interests in the transatlantic slave trade and slavery Depicted WOA Artist Title Medium Year created Source Charles Abbot, Charles Abbot, 1st Lord Colchester UCL 1st Baron Picart, Mr Charles WOA 1173 SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF Print Colchester Northcote, James COMMONS 1802-17 HOPT (1757-1829) Charles Abbot, Baron Colchester 1757- WOA 2393 Buck, S. J. Drawing 1829 Speaker Lawrence, Sir Charles Abbot, Esqre. Speaker 1802-17 WOA 2715 Painting 1824 Thomas Baron Colchester 1757-1829 Lawrence, Sir Charles Abbot, Baron Colchester 1757- WOA 2725 Painting Thomas 1829 Speaker THE CASTING VOTE or the WOA 5849 Williams, Charles Print 1805 Independent Speaker [ 1805 ] 23/04/2021, v3.0 3 Picart, Mr Charles The Right Honble Charles Abbot, WOA 719 Northcote, James Print Speaker of The House of Commons Abbot, Charles Henry Addington, Phillips, Thomas 1st Viscount Henry Addington, 1st Viscount WOA 2718 Copley, John Painting HOPT Sidmouth Sidmouth 1757-1844 Speaker Singleton (1754-1844) Parker, Mr James The Right Honorable Henry Addington, WOA 171 Beechey, Sir Lord Viscount Sidmouth. One of His Print William Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. Parker, Mr James Henry Addington, 1st Viscount WOA 3084 Beechey, Sir Sidmouth 1757-1844 Speaker 1789- Print William 1801, Prime Minister 1801-04 Dunkarton, Mr The Right Honourable Henry Addington WOA 1178 Robert Copley, Print 1757-1844 Speaker John Singleton The Right Honorable Henry Addington, Dunkarton, Mr 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister WOA 399 Robert Copley, Print 1801-1804 and Chancellor the the John Singleton Exchequer 1801-1804 Parker, Mr James The Rt. Hon.ble Henry Addington, First Beechey, Sir Lord of the Treasury & Chancellor of WOA 718 Print William the Exchequer 1st Viscount Sidmouth Addington, Henry 1757-1844 Commodore Anson attending King George Anson MP Grignion, Charles WOA 745 George the Second, with an Account of Print UCL (1769-1849) Wale, Samuel his Voyage Round the World Houbraken, Jacobus Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Anson 1697- WOA 1360 Print Wandelaar, 1762 Johannes Houbraken, The Right Honourable George Lord WOA 1069 Print Jacobus Anson Baron of Soberton, one of the 23/04/2021, v3.0 4 Wandelaar, Lords of His Majesty's most Honourable Johannes Privy Council, Vice Admiral of Great Britain, Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet, and first Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty Anthony Ashley- Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Cooper, 1st Earl ONDB WOA 2470 White, Robert Shaftesbury Lord Chancellor 1672-3 Print of Shaftesbury 1621-83 (1621-1683) Sir Francis Baring, 1st From a Picture in the Possession of Sir WOA 130 Ward, James Print 1807 HALL Baronet Francis Baring Bart (1740 – 1810) Henry Bathurst, Lawrence, Sir 3rd Earl Bathurst WOA 6273 Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst Painting H E Thomas (1762-1834) WOA 2937 Kettle, Tilly William Beckford 1709-70 Lord Mayor Oil painting UCL William Beckford 1765 H E (1709 – 1770) P H Houston, Mr Beckford, Townsend and Sawbridge, WOA 278 Print Richard 1769 Lord William UCL Henry Cavendish Murphy, Mr John William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Bentinck, 3rd WOA 401 Reynolds, Sir Duke of Portland 1738-1809 Prime Print 1785 H E Duke of Portland Joshua Minister 1807-09 (1738-1809) HALL Joseph Birch, 1st ODNB Baronet WOA M0608 Unknown Nottingham: vs.