Exclusive: Until now nothing was known about ‘Jersey’, depicted with naval officer, but research raises hopes he may have won freedom ...

Researchers in the U.K. have uncovered the identity of an enslaved boy depicted in an early masterpiece by the 18th-century painter Joshua Reynolds. As his baptismal certificate stated: “a certain ...

The depiction of an enslaved Black child known as “Jersey” by celebrated 18th-century portrait painter Joshua Reynolds has long puzzled art historians, raising questions about the boy’s identity and ...

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