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A surgeon and his black slave. Oil 1780.
Wellcome Collection

A surgeon and his black slave. Oil 1780.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

A surgeon and his black slave letting blood from a lady's arm. Oil painting by an English painter, ca. 1750/1790.

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