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Historic site, The Ostrich pub, Bristol
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Photograph of Historic site, The Ostrich public house in Bristol. Dating back to at least 1745 the pub contains an interesting account of its history and of the port of Bristol at the time. One of its walls has been partly demolished to reveal the interior of one of the many caves under Redcliffe. On the wall opposite is a copy of a trade card for the pub, dated 1775, which features a young black man, probably a slave. Contrary to local myth, it is unlikely that the caves were used to house enslaved Africans, as only a few came to the city, rather they were bought in Africa by Bristol traders and taken straight to the plantations in the Caribbean for sale. The caves were probably used to house prisoners of war.
With thanks to the authors of the Slave Trade Trail around Central Bristol, Madge Dresser, Caletta Jordan, Doreen Taylor.
Creator: BCC Museum
Date: 2003
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Bristol Industrial Museum
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Bristol Industrial Museum, 2003. Bristol Industrial Museum displays the city’s industrial heritage, outlining the general history of Bristol as a port. There is a display relating to the slave trade in Port of Bristol Gallery. A plaque dedicated to the sufferings of enslaved Africans was unveiled on 12th December 1997 by Ian White, Member of the European Parliament for Bristol.
Creator: BCC Museum
Date: 2003
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Detail from painting
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Detail of Robert, Earl of Gloucester (died 1147), from a 1930 painting entitled Some Who Made Bristol Famous by Ernest Board. He was the illegitimate son of King Henry I, and built the Keep of Bristol Castle.
Creator: Ernest Board
Date: 1930
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:K917
Detail from painting
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Detail of actor Sir Henry Irving, 1838-1905, from a 1930 painting entitled Some Who Made Bristol Famous by Ernest Board.
Creator: Ernest Board
Date: 1930
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:K917
Detail from painting
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Detail of Mary Robinson, 1758-1800, from a 1930 painting entitled Some Who Made Bristol Famous by Ernest Board. Robinson was an actress.
Creator: Ernest Board
Date: 1930
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:K917
Detail from painting
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Detail of Robert Lucas Pearsall, 1795-1856, from a 1930 painting entitled Some Who Made Bristol Famous by Ernest Board. Pearsall was a composer of music.
Creator: Ernest Board
Date: 1930
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:K917
Detail from painting
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Detail of John Latimer, 1824-1904, from a 1930 painting entitled Some Who Made Bristol Famous by Ernest Board. Latimer was a historian, and wrote the Annals of Bristol.
Creator: Ernest Board
Date: 1930
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:K917
Detail from painting
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Detail of John Addington Symonds, 1840-1893, from a 1930 painting entitled Some Who Made Bristol Famous by Ernest Board. Symonds was an author and translator.
Creator: Ernest Board
Date: 1930
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:K917
Detail from painting
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Detail of Sir Humphry Davy, 1778-1829, from a 1930 painting entitled Some Who Made Bristol Famous by Ernest Board. Davy was a chemist, and invented the miners’ safety lamp.
Creator: Ernest Board
Date: 1930
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:K917
Detail from painting
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Detail of Hannah More,1745-1833, from a 1930 painting entitled Some Who Made Bristol Famous by Ernest Board. More was an Evangelical Christian who wrote about the subjects of morality and religion, and was known for her charity. She was an Abolitionist and wrote poems against the slave trade.
Creator: Ernest Board
Date: 1930
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Object ID:K917
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