12:00-1:00pm
Free, drop-in
Portraits were meant to provide a likeness of an individual and were riddled with symbolism. What, then, does a portrait say about that sitter if enslaved Africans are among the symbols? This lecture will look at the role of the enslaved African in 18th and early 19th-century portraits and the symbology surrounding their use.
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Museum
Museum Lecture: Enslaved Africans in Portraiture
Date and Time
12:00-1:00pm
Free, drop-in
Portraits were meant to provide a likeness of an individual and were riddled with symbolism. What, then, does a portrait say about that sitter if enslaved Africans are among the symbols? This lecture will look at the role of the enslaved African in 18th and early 19th-century portraits and the symbology surrounding their use.
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