Sir Joshua Reynolds’s Charles Stanhope, third Earl of Harrington (1783) portrait (https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5006)

now known as Charles Stanhope, third Earl of Harrington, and Marcus Richard Fitzroy Thomas  thanks to some brilliant detective work by the folk at West Sussex Records Office and the Yale Center for British Art.

Chaired by Gretchen Gerzina Paul Murray Kendall Professor of Biography at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In discussion with  Alice Millard  Research Assistant at West Sussex Research Office, UK and Victoria Hepburn, Postgraduate Associate in the Department of Paintings and Sculpture at the Yale Center for British Art, USA.  

Readings read by Ebun Culwin

Music

Minuet by Ignatius Sancho revised and arranged by Ben Park

Musicians

Cello- Rebecca Jordan, Violin- Buffy Rowe, Vocal Sarah Dacey , Bass and Harpsichord-Ben Park

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References:

Painting

David Martin (c1778) Portrait of Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay and her cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray, Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland.

Article 

Professor Erica Moiah James (2015) What will Blackness Be? Callaloo, Vol. 38, No. 3 , pp. 589-594

Book

David Mannings (2000) Sir Joshua Reynolds : a complete catalogue of his painting, 

 Poem

The Little Black Boy from Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1789)  by William Blake

The Black Presence in British Portraiture discussed in this episode of the BP2 Podcast commemorates the 200th anniversary of the death of  the Black beggar Billy Waters in 1823 as depicted in the 1819 cartoon The New Union Club: Being a Representation of what took place at a celebrated Dinner, given by a celebrated society by George Cruikshank and Frederick Marryat

Chaired by ⁠Gretchen Gerzina⁠ Paul Murray Kendall Professor of Biography at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Billy Waters and The New Union Club cartoon are discussed by the historian and author Temi Odumosu and curator and author S. I. Martin

The description of Billy Waters and The New Union Club and the poem are read by ⁠Ebun Culwin⁠

Picture

The New Union Club: Being a Representation of what took place at a celebrated Dinner, given by a celebrated society by George Cruikshank and Frederick Marryat⁠

Reading

The description of Billy Waters and The New Union Club by ⁠Gretchen Gerzina⁠ and Michael Ohajuru

Poem

Black Billy Waters, at His Pitch Adelphi Theatre, London, 1790s By Rita Dove

Music

Minuet by Ignatius Sancho revised and arranged by ⁠Ben Park⁠

Musicians 

Cello- Rebecca Jordan, Violin- Buffy Rowe, Vocal Sarah Dacey , Bass and Harpsichord-Ben Park

The Black Presence in British Portraiture discussed in this episode of the BP2 Podcast is  John Blanke’s two appearances in the 1511 Great Tournament Roll of Westminster  Membranes 3-4 and 27-28 from the collection of the College of Arms, London, England

Chaired by Gretchen Gerzina Paul Murray Kendall Professor of Biography at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Selected by Dr Miranda Kaufmann art historian and author

Assisted by Michael Ohajuru art historian and director of The John Blanke Project

Readings read by Ebun Culwin

Final Reading from Miranda Kaufmann’s Black Tudors: The Untold Story (Oneworld 2017)

Music

Minuet by Ignatius Sancho revised and arranged by Ben Park

Musicians

Cello- Rebecca Jordan, Violin- Buffy Rowe, Vocal Sarah Dacey , Bass and Harpsichord-Ben Park

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The Black Presence in British Portraiture discussed in this episode of this BP2 Podcast is John Simpson (exhibited 1827) Head of a Man (?Ira Frederick Aldridge)

from the collection of Tate Britain, London, England

Chaired by Gretchen Gerzina Paul Murray Kendall Professor of Biography at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Selected by Dr Janet Couloute art historian and  social work academic,

Assisted by Dr Martin Myrone convenor of the British Art Network at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Readings read by  Ebun Culwin

Music

Minuet by Ignatius Sancho revised and arranged by Ben Park

Musicians

Cello- Rebecca Jordan, Violin- Buffy Rowe, Vocal Sarah Dacey , Bass and Harpsichord-Ben Park

Readings from Song of Solomon Chapters 1, 3 and 4 Psalm 45

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The Black Presence in British Portraiture discussed in this episode of this BP2 Podcast is Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1865–6)  The Beloved (‘The Bride’) ’ from the collection of Tate Britain, London, England

Chaired by Gretchen Gerzina Paul Murray Kendall Professor of Biography at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Selected by Dr Jan Marsh writer and curator

Assisted by Dr Caroline Bressey  cultural and historical geographer

Readings read by  Ebun Culwin

Music

Minuet by Ignatius Sancho revised and arranged by Ben Park

Musicians

Cello- Rebecca Jordan, Violin- Buffy Rowe, Vocal Sarah Dacey , Bass and Harpsichord-Ben Park

Readings from Song of Solomon Chapters 1, 3 and 4 Psalm 45

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The Black Presence in British Portraiture discussed in this episode of the BP2 Podcast is 2 Jan Gossaert (1510-15) ‘The Adoration of the Kings’ in the collection of the National Gallery, London, England

Chaired by Gretchen Gerzina Paul Murray Kendall Professor of Biography at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Selected by Leslie Primo Art Historian, Author and Lecturer

Assisted by Richard Stemp Art Historian, Author and Lecturer

Readings read by  Paterson Joesph

Music

Minuet by Ignatius Sancho revised and arranged by Ben Park

Musicians

Cello- Rebecca Jordan, Violin- Buffy Rowe, Vocal Sarah Dacey , Bass and Harpsichord-Ben Park

Allegri Miserere in the Sistine Chapel

Readings

Psalm 72 verses 10

Mathew 2 verses 1-12

The Black Presence in British Portraiture discussed in this episode of the BP2 Podcast is Thomas Gainsborough (1768 ) Ignatius Sancho in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, Ontario, Canada

Chaired by Gretchen Gerzina Paul Murray Kendall Professor of Biography at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Selected by Paterson Joseph Actor and Writer

Assisted by Michael Ohajuru Director, The John Blanke Project

Voice introducing the reading Ebun Culwin

Music

Minuet by Ignatius Sancho revised and arranged by Ben Park

Musicians 

Cello- Rebecca Jordan, Violin- Buffy Rowe, Vocal Sarah Dacey , Bass and Harpsichord-Ben Park

Reading

The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho by Paterson Joseph (unpublished novel)

The PB2 Podcast is the podcast of the Black Presence in British Portraiture Network 

Introduced by Professor Gretchen Gerzina Paul Murray Kendall Professor of Biography  at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The Black Presence in British Portraiture Network is a group of scholars, museum professionals and collectors with a passion for discovering, understanding and presenting the black African presence in British portraiture from around 1500 to 1800. 

Each BP2 Podcast will bring the database to life, each episode highlighting  a particular work from the database through a discussion about the work followed by a reading associated with the work.

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Cover picture:  Thomas Gainsborough Ignatius Sancho 1768, 

Music : Minuet by Ignatius Sancho revised and arranged by Ben Park