"Your Most Obedient and Faithful Servant": Peregrine Tyam and the Representation of Black Sitters in Early Modern British Portraiture
In 1692 a young Black boy known as Peregrine Tyam was painted alongside Mary Lawley in a portrait commissioned by her husband, John Verney, to mark their marriage. It is very likely that Peregrine Tyam was enslaved, as indicated by the silver collar he wears around his neck in the picture. In...
| Published in: | British Art Studies |
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| Language: | English |
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Yale University
2025-05-01
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| Online Access: | https://britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/26/black-sitters-in-early-modern-british-portraiture/ |