Description:

Bust of Edward Colston by Michael Rysbrack (c. 1726). Colston (1636-1721) was a Bristol merchant who was involved in the transatlantic slave trade as an official of the London-based Royal African Company (a trading company that specialised in the trade with Africa).

Creator: Rysbrack

Date: c. 1726

Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum

Object ID:K 4753