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Black British people
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Black British people, also referred to as Black Britons, are a group of people of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black origins.
Extract from the Westminster Tournament Roll almost certainly showing John Blanke, the figure wearing a brown turban latticed with yellow
Extract from the Westminster Tournament Roll almost certainly showing John Blanke, the figure wearing a brown turban latticed with yellow
A 1651 painting of Scottish noblewoman Elizabeth Maitland, Duchess of Lauderdale with her Black servant
A 1651 painting of Scottish noblewoman Elizabeth Maitland, Duchess of Lauderdale with her Black servant
Dual portrait of a Black woman and a white woman, identities unknown, c. 1650, by an anonymous hand. The two women, who appear to be of equal standing
Dual portrait of a Black woman and a white woman, identities unknown, c. 1650, by an anonymous hand. The two women, who appear to be of equal standing, are wearing face patches, which were a fashion of the time. The painting is captioned: "I black with white bespott y white with blacke this evil proceeds from thy proud hart then take her: Devill."
William Hogarth's painting Four Times of the Day: Noon (1738) shows a Black London resident (on the right).
William Hogarth's painting Four Times of the Day: Noon (1738) shows a Black London resident (on the right).
John Blanke
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John Blanke was a musician of African descent in London from the early Tudor period, who probably came to England as one of the African attendants of Catherine of Aragon in 1501. He is one of the earl
Black British people
…Tournament Roll, an illuminated manuscript dating from 1511. He wears the royal livery and is mounted on horseback. The man is generally identified as "John Blanke, the blacke trumpeter," who is listed in the payment accounts of both Henry VIII and his father, Henry VII. A group of Africans at the court of James…
Extract from the 1511 Westminster Tournament Roll almost certainly showing Blanke, wearing a green turban latticed with yellow
Extract from the 1511 Westminster Tournament Roll almost certainly showing Blanke, wearing a green turban latticed with yellow