England

Wallerant Vaillant
Head of a Moor
British (1660s)
paper Mezzotint
British Museum

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Wenceslaus Hollar
Head and Shoulders of a Black Woman
Bohemia/Czech Republic (1645)
Etching on paper, 60 mm. x 46 mm.
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George Morland
African Hospitality
British
Mezzotint (1791)
Height: 480 millimetres
Width: 655 millimetres
Shipwreck on the African coast with European survivors, including a young family, being helped by Africans; first published state.
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Lettered with title, four lines of verse beginning, “Daunteless they plunge amidst the vengeful waves …”, and publication detail, all below image: “Painted by G Morland”, “Engraved by J R Smith Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales” and “London Publish’d Feby 1st 1791 by J. R. Smith King Street Covent Garden”
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Thomas Wriothesley, Garter King of Arms (workshop)
Westminster Tournament Roll
England; Vellum Roll (1511)
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John Blanke, a Black (Moorish English) trumpeter, was a regular musician at the courts of both Henry VII and Henry VIII. Musicians’ payments were noted in the accounts of the Treasurer of the Chamber, who was responsible for paying the wages. There are several payments recorded to a ‘John Blanke, the blacke trumpeter’. This trumpeter was paid 8d a day, first by Henry VII and then from 1509 by Henry VIII.
[This extract from an Exchequer roll of 1507 shows the first payment to John Blanke, the Black trumpeter at the Tudor court. He was paid 20 shillings for the month of November (which in today's money would be about £430). It seems that John Blanke worked every day of the month.]
The images extracted from the 60ft-long Westminster Tournament Roll, shows six trumpeters, one of whom is Black and is almost certainly John Blanke. All the trumpeters are wearing yellow and grey, with blue purses at their waists. John Blanke is the only one wearing a brown turban latticed with yellow. He is mounted on a grey horse with a black harness.
In the Westminster Tournament Roll, the king occupies a prominent position. Henry is shown surrounded by a host of footmen, officials and dignitaries, a mace bearer, a crowd of nobles, the officers of arms and six trumpeters. Among the latter is a Black man. He appears twice on the Roll: once on the way from the court and again on the way back. According to the historian Sydney Anglo, he is almost certainly John Blanke, the ‘blacke trumpeter’ mentioned in the Treasurer’s accounts.
Similarly, England’s King Henry VII and Henry VIII’s courts had Moorish employees. The most famous was John Blanke (1500s), a musician who was paid on a daily basis, as noted in the Treasurer of the Chamber’s accounts. His image can be seen on the UK National Archives’ “Westminster Tournament Scroll” of Henry VIII (shown at right). The Archives asserts that it was perhaps one of the most important royal galas, suggesting the high regard for John Blanke, “the blacke”.
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Unknown Artist
The Adoration of the Magi
Southwest England (c. 1520)
Oak, painted and gilded
Given by Viscount Lascelles
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
This Adoration is very interesting to me because in addition to the Black king, a possibly Asian king has also come bearing gifts for the Christ child.
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