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An enslaved man, painted (and idealized) circa 1821-1824 by Nicolas-Antoine Taunay while in residence at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro … https://t.co/fkyjnqXPVt

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2020-01-28

“Lady with her Pets,” probably Molly Wales Fobes (1772-1801) of Raynham, Massachusetts, painted by Rufus Hathaway in 1790 https://t.co/ooiXYcuvVH

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2019-05-15

Sarah Deshon (born 1752), daughter of John Deshon, a New London ship captain with ties to the Caribbean who later operated as a privateer, painted by William Johnston in 1767 https://t.co/6oy9k76mlZ

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2019-04-17