A collection of C19th photographic portraits of Black African, Afro-Caribbean, South Asian and mixed heritage people. This feat of curation brings together plate negatives, stereoscopic images, visiting cards, studio photographs etc from public and private archives, to take a long look at questions of race and representation. The quality of the reproductions is very high.
Black Chronicles: Photography, Race and Difference in Victorian Britain
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Edition:Hardback978050002661829/04/2025From a Bookshelf nearby
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