SKU: G-SS20081

Runaway! Going, Going, Gone.
This mixed media painting series, Runaway: Going, Going, Gone, is inspired by a discovery of "Wanted" advertisements from the early 1700s and 1800s. These ads describe runaway enslaved people of African descent in, sometimes minute, details. Descriptions of hair color and styles, clothes, complexion, scars, size, and demeanor conjure vivid images in a real and tangible ways.

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RUN AWAY form the subscriber on the 17th of last Month his Negroe woman, Sall¿She is about thirty-six years of age, to strangers of an insinuating behaviour, took with her a large bundle of wearing cloaths, and her infant male child, of about eight months of age¿She was very lately in service in a public house in the City of Hartford, and perhaps may falsely assert that she has from her master obtained her freedom. All persons are cautioned against employing, secreting, or carrying away said Negroe woman, is in so doing, they may expect to answer the penalty of law.
David Tod
Suffield, July 20, 1792

Title: Runaway: Sall and Son 1792
Artist: Cora Marshall
Size: 18" x 24"
Media: Giclee
Edition: 100

NOTE: Giclee prints are made with archival materials and are hand-signed by the artist. Each print comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.