Yale Center for British Art

Title:: Black Victorians : black people in British art 1800-1900 / edited by Jan Marsh.
Alternate Title(s):: Black people in British art 1800-1900
Published / Created:: Aldershot [England] ; Lund Humphries, 2005.
Burlington, VT: Lund Humphries, 2005.
Physical Description:: 208 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Collection:: Reference Library
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Catalog of an exhibition held at Manchester Art Gallery, Oct. 1, 2005-Jan. 6, 2006 and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Jan. 28-Apr. 2, 2006.
Contents:: The black presence in British art 1800-1900 / J. Marsh.--At home in England: Black imagery across the Atlantic / R. Clytus.--Observations and interpretation: travelling artists in Egypt / B. Llewellyn.--Vénus Africaine: race, beauty and African-ness / C. Nelson.--Icon of the age: "Africa", Victoria and The secret of England's greatness / J. Marsh.--Victorian photography and the mapping of the Black presence / C. Bressey.
Subject Terms:: Art, Victorian -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. | Art, British -- 19th century -- Themes, motives -- Exhibitions. | Photography -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions. | Black people in art -- Exhibitions.
Contributors:: Marsh, Jan, 1942– | Clytus, Radiclani. At home in England. | Llewellyn, Briony. Observations and interpretation: travelling artists in Egypt. | Nelson, Charmaine. Vénus Africaine: race beauty and African-ness. | Bressey, Caroline. Victorian photography and the mapping of the Black presence. | Manchester City Art Gallery. | Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery.