The great English painter Joseph Mallord William Turner loved the sea ... In 1840, at the age of 64, Turner painted Slave Ship, which received nothing but condemnation from the critics. Not only did ...

Descendants of black American slaves are suing London's oldest insurance firm, Lloyd's of London, for compensation for allegedly underwriting the ships used in the ... prompted the English artist, ...

A year-long festival of exhibitions and events to celebrate 250 years since the birth of artist JMW Turner has been announced ... Fighting Temeraire, The Slave Ship, The Battle Of Trafalgar ...

On June 2, the Smithsonian Institution announced an important discovery: the remains of a slave ship carrying 400 captives ... to be sold by Allen and Turner." Another from 1736 reports "just ...