Explore the Legacy of this artwork, The Slave Ship.
In 2006 the painting was the focus of episode 5 in the eight-part BBC TV mini-series Simon Schama's Power of Art, broadcast by BBC Two.In 2018, the unpublished poem extract Turner used to accompany the painting was used as the introduction to Lupe Fiasco's 2018 album Drogas Wave. The poem extract is read aloud on the opening track "In the Event of a Typhoon".
Lupe Fiasco's Drogas Wave BBC Two Typhoon Lupe Fiasco Simon Schama's Power of Art BBC