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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://glammr.us/users/overholt/statuses/113511433116885762">John Overholt (overholt@glammr.us)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 08:22:55 JST</a><a href="https://glammr.us/@overholt" title="overholt@glammr.us"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/51397-48-20240125094142.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="John Overholt" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">John Overholt</a></section><article><p>An absolutely astonishing piece of historical detection that has rewritten our understanding an 18th century portrait of one of the most learned Black men of the period. Works best I think in this lecture video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZEAiXl6hNY" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZEAiXl6hNY</a> Also available as an LRB article: <a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n22/fara-dabhoiwala/a-man-of-parts-and-learning" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n22/fara-dabhoiwala/a-man-of-parts-and-learning</a> via <a href="https://mefi.social/@metafilter">@metafilter</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4031830#notice-7878877">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-11-20T08:22:55+09:00" title="Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 08:22:55 JST">about 2 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://glammr.us/@overholt/113511433116885762" rel="external" title="Sent from glammr.us via ActivityPub">glammr.us</a></span></span><a href="https://glammr.us/@overholt/113511433116885762">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><img height="128" width="128" src="https://gnusocial.jp/thumbnail/3526109?w=128&amp;h=128"><h5><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZEAiXl6hNY">Portrait of a Genius: The Extraordinary Story of Francis Williams</a></h5><div> from <span>London Review of Books (LRB)</span></div></header><div>In 1928, the V&amp;A acquired a previously unknown portrait. It shows the Black Jamaican polymath Francis Williams (c. 1690-1762), dressed in a wig, surrounded b...</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: www.lrb.co.uk</div><h5><a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n22/fara-dabhoiwala/a-man-of-parts-and-learning">Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due</a></h5><div> from <span>Fara Dabhoiwala</span></div></header><div>The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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An absolutely astonishing piece of historical detection that has rewritten our understanding an 18th century portrait of one of the most learned Black men of the period. Works best I think in this lecture video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZEAiXl6hNY Also available as an LRB article: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n22/fara-dabhoiwala/a-man-of-parts-and-learning via @metafilter
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  In 1928, the V&A acquired a previously unknown portrait. It shows the Black Jamaican polymath Francis Williams (c. 1690-1762), dressed in a wig, surrounded b...
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  Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due
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  The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...

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