File:False Portrait of a Black Revolutionary War Sailor.jpg

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anonymous: Black Admiral  wikidata:Q4920246 reasonator:Q4920246
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Anonymous 18th-century artist
Title
Black Admiral
label QS:Len,"Black Admiral"
label QS:Larz,"اميرال اسود"
label QS:Lfr,"Marin corsaire noir"
Object type painting / forged artwork Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Français : Le Marin corsaire noir, dit aussi l’Amiral noir ou le Portrait d'un marin noir de la Guerre d'indépendance (en anglais, respectivement, Black Privateer Sailor, Black Admiral ou Portrait of a Black Revolutionary War Sailor) est un portrait datant de l'époque de la Guerre d'indépendance américaine représentant un homme noir en uniforme, avec un navire corsaire américain à l'arrière-plan. En 2005, une restauration a révélé que le tableau dépeignait à l'origine un marin blanc, qui avait été repeint au xxe siècle afin de lui conférer des traits caractéristiques noirs. La découverte a fait chuter la valeur estimée du tableau de US$300 000 à US$3 000.
English: "Black Admiral" is the colloquial name for a Revolutionary War-era U.S. painting of unknown provenance that appears to depict a black man in U.S. naval uniform. In 2005, it was revealed that this 18th-century painting was merely a white sailor overlaid in the mid-to-late 20th century with African features.
Date 18th century
date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717
Place of creation United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
References
Source/Photographer Portrait of a black Revolutionary War sailor. First published : John Fitzhugh Millar, « The Black Privateersman », Newport History, Newport Historical Society, vol. 54, issue 182,‎ April 1981.
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  • The "Black Admiral" painting in 2005. The pale spots are areas where solvents were applied.
    The "Black Admiral" painting in 2005. The pale spots are areas where solvents were applied.
  • The same painting in 2020.
    The same painting in 2020.

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