The BP2 Podcast The Black Presence in British Portraiture Network
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The BP2 Podcast comes from the Black Presence in British Portraiture network of scholars, museum professionals and collectors with a passion for discovering, understanding and presenting the black African presence in British portraiture from 1500 to 1800, in each episode a portrait is discussed by members from the network
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The BP2 Podcast Episode 7 Charles Stanhope, third Earl of Harrington ( 1783) by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Sir Joshua Reynolds’s Charles Stanhope, third Earl of Harrington (1783) portrait (https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5006)
now known as Charles Stanhope, third Earl of Harrington, and Marcus Richard Fitzroy Thomas thanks to some brilliant detective work by the folk at West Sussex Records Office and the Yale Center for British Art.
Chaired by Gretchen Gerzina Paul Murray Kendall Professor of Biography at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In discussion with Alice Millard Research Assistant at West Sussex Research Office, UK and Victoria Hepburn, Postgraduate Associate in the Department of Paintings and Sculpture at the Yale Center for British Art, USA.
Readings read by Ebun Culwin
Music
Minuet by Ignatius Sancho revised and arranged by Ben Park
Musicians
Cello- Rebecca Jordan, Violin- Buffy Rowe, Vocal Sarah Dacey , Bass and Harpsichord-Ben Park
Produced by @TheBP2Podcast
References:
Painting
David Martin (c1778) Portrait of Dido Elizabeth Belle Lindsay and her cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray, Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland.
Article
Professor Erica Moiah James (2015) What will Blackness Be? Callaloo, Vol. 38, No. 3 , pp. 589-594
Book
David Mannings (2000) Sir Joshua Reynolds : a complete catalogue of his painting,
Poem
The Little Black Boy from Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1789) by William Blake -
The BP2 Podcast Episode 6: Billy Waters in The New Union Club (1819)
The Black Presence in British Portraiture discussed in this episode of the BP2 Podcast commemorates the 200th anniversary of the death of the Black beggar Billy Waters in 1823 as depicted in the 1819 cartoon The New Union Club: Being a Representation of what took place at a celebrated Dinner, given by a celebrated society by George Cruikshank and Frederick Marryat
Chaired by Gretchen Gerzina Paul Murray Kendall Professor of Biography at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Billy Waters and The New Union Club cartoon are discussed by the historian and author Temi Odumosu and curator and author S. I. Martin
The description of Billy Waters and The New Union Club and the poem are read by Ebun Culwin
Picture
The New Union Club: Being a Representation of what took place at a celebrated Dinner, given by a celebrated society by George Cruikshank and Frederick Marryat
Reading
The description of Billy Waters and The New Union Club by Gretchen Gerzina and Michael Ohajuru
Poem
Black Billy Waters, at His Pitch Adelphi Theatre, London, 1790s By Rita Dove
Music
Minuet by Ignatius Sancho revised and arranged by Ben Park
Musicians
Cello- Rebecca Jordan, Violin- Buffy Rowe, Vocal Sarah Dacey , Bass and Harpsichord-Ben Park -
The BP2 Podcast Episode 5: John Blanke (The Great Tournament Roll of Westminster 1511)
The Black Presence in British Portraiture discussed in this episode of the BP2 Podcast is John Blanke’s two appearances in the 1511 Great Tournament Roll of Westminster Membranes 3-4 and 27-28 from the collection of the College of Arms, London, England
Chaired by Gretchen Gerzina Paul Murray Kendall Professor of Biography at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Selected by Dr Miranda Kaufmann art historian and author
Assisted by Michael Ohajuru art historian and director of The John Blanke Project
Readings read by Ebun Culwin
Final Reading from Miranda Kaufmann’s Black Tudors: The Untold Story (Oneworld 2017)
Music
Minuet by Ignatius Sancho revised and arranged by Ben Park
Musicians
Cello- Rebecca Jordan, Violin- Buffy Rowe, Vocal Sarah Dacey , Bass and Harpsichord-Ben Park
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The BP2 Podcast Episode 4 John Simpson (exhibited 1827) Head of a Man (?Ira Frederick Aldridge)
The Black Presence in British Portraiture discussed in this episode of this BP2 Podcast is John Simpson (exhibited 1827) Head of a Man (?Ira Frederick Aldridge)
from the collection of Tate Britain, London, England
Chaired by Gretchen Gerzina Paul Murray Kendall Professor of Biography at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Selected by Dr Janet Couloute art historian and social work academic,
Assisted by Dr Martin Myrone convenor of the British Art Network at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Readings read by Ebun Culwin
Music
Minuet by Ignatius Sancho revised and arranged by Ben Park
Musicians
Cello- Rebecca Jordan, Violin- Buffy Rowe, Vocal Sarah Dacey , Bass and Harpsichord-Ben Park
Readings from Song of Solomon Chapters 1, 3 and 4 Psalm 45
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The BP2 Podcast Episode 3: Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1865–6) ‘The Beloved’
The Black Presence in British Portraiture discussed in this episode of this BP2 Podcast is Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1865–6) The Beloved (‘The Bride’) ’ from the collection of Tate Britain, London, England
Chaired by Gretchen Gerzina Paul Murray Kendall Professor of Biography at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Selected by Dr Jan Marsh writer and curator
Assisted by Dr Caroline Bressey cultural and historical geographer
Readings read by Ebun Culwin
Music
Minuet by Ignatius Sancho revised and arranged by Ben Park
Musicians
Cello- Rebecca Jordan, Violin- Buffy Rowe, Vocal Sarah Dacey , Bass and Harpsichord-Ben Park
Readings from Song of Solomon Chapters 1, 3 and 4 Psalm 45
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The BP2 Podcast Episode 2 Jan Gossaert (1510-15) ‘The Adoration of the Kings’
The Black Presence in British Portraiture discussed in this episode of the BP2 Podcast is 2 Jan Gossaert (1510-15) ‘The Adoration of the Kings’ in the collection of the National Gallery, London, England
Chaired by Gretchen Gerzina Paul Murray Kendall Professor of Biography at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Selected by Leslie Primo Art Historian, Author and Lecturer
Assisted by Richard Stemp Art Historian, Author and Lecturer
Readings read by Paterson Joesph
Music
Minuet by Ignatius Sancho revised and arranged by Ben Park
Musicians
Cello- Rebecca Jordan, Violin- Buffy Rowe, Vocal Sarah Dacey , Bass and Harpsichord-Ben Park
Allegri Miserere in the Sistine Chapel
Readings
Psalm 72 verses 10
Mathew 2 verses 1-12
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