140 John Closterman and John Riley

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Description: Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset KG (1662–1748) and an Unidentified Child...

TitleCharles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset KG (1662–1748) and an Unidentified Child Attendant

Creator nameClosterman, John

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1690–1692

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions2075 × 1440 mm

LocationNational Trust, Petworth House and Park, West Sussex, United Kingdom

http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/486185

Accession numberNT 486185

SubjectsMen--PortraitsChildren, Black, in artNobility in artSlavery in artPortrait painting, German--17th century

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2. Fleeting Portraits

Jennifer Van Horn

Portraits of Resistance: Activating Art During Slavery

~He stands in the shadows on the right of Edward Savage’s monumental group portrait The Washington Family, one hand slipped into his waistcoat (fig. 33). Tucked between a column and an upholstered chair,...

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Jennifer Van Horn

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.72-121

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00354.3

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Chapter subject tags:Portrait painting, AmericanSlavery--United StatesWashington, George, 1732-1799Sheels, Christopher, 1776-Antislavery movements

4. The Black Presence in British Art: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

David Bindman

Description: The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III: From the “Age of...

The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume III: From the “Age of Discovery” to the Age of Abolition, Part 1: Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque

The first possible representation in Britain in the modern age of a black person is to be found in a stained-glass panel of the Adoration of the Magi in the north nave aisle of Great Malvern Priory Church which dates from the late fifteenth century ...

Author

David Bindman

PublisherHarvard University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.235-270

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00140.007

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