Who Was the Black Figure in This 17th-Century Portrait? A Rare Letter Holds Answers
A letter written by the boy, identified as Peregrine Tyam, provides an exceptionally rare insight where the voice of a Black attendant has survived for over three centuries.
by Jo Lawson-Tancred
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/black-portraiture-peregrine-tyam-letter-2657422
Original paper:
https://britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/26/black-sitters-in-early-modern-british-portraiture/
Art history at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/5621
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