19th Century Portrait Restored to Reveal Enslaved Teenager 790wpic.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 790wpic.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A 19th century family portrait which was altered to cover up an enslaved teenager initially etched on canvas has been recently restored to its original version. After half a century in hiding, it is now set to hang in The Metropolitan Museum of Art this Fall.
Met Museum Acquires First American Portrait of a Black Slave greekreporter.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from greekreporter.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Alexandra Eaton's in depth video and feature in the New York Times shares the journey of a now historically important work a portrait of a family's three children and the Black slave who took care of them. The painting's nearly two hundred year journey includes the death of the three children shortly after it was painted,…