Faces of Perfect Ebony

Though blacks were not often seen on the streets of seventeenth-century London, they were already capturing the British imagination. In her exploration of this emerging black presence, Molineux assembles evidence ranging from shop signs, tea trays, trading cards, board games, and playing cards to song ballads and William Hogarth’s graphic satires.

Desi negrii nu erau vazuti des pe strazile Londrei din secolul al XVII-lea, ei capturau deja imaginatia britanica. In explorarea ei a acestei prezente negre emergente, Molineux aduna dovezi, de la semne pentru magazine, tavi pentru ceai, carti de schimb, jocuri de societate si carti de joc pana la balade cantece si satire grafice ale lui William Hogarth.