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BBC's Huw Edwards blasts ‘censorship’ of history
Kath Davies, the museum’s director of collections, said: “We’ve always recognised Picton’s history is difficult, it’s complex, it’s controversial and we wanted to work with young people for them to decide how they wanted to reflect on that history and how they want to interpret that portrait.”Picton, also known as the Tyrant of Trinidad, is notorious for his cruel treatment of slaves with execution and mutilation.He used the trade to build up his fortune and in 1806 was found guilty of torturing Luisa Calderon, a 14-year-old mixed race girl, while governing the island.Curators are handing artists a £12,000 commission to produce artworks reinterpreting Picton from the view of his victims.His picture will be replaced by Hedger and Ditcher:
