In the Small Oak Room is a portrait of Florence Smyth, of the Smyth Family and her black ‘page’.
There is no information on the identity of the boy in the portrait, so it can't be said whether the boy is a slave, a servant, or a peer of Florence's.
If the boy is a slave then it is probably the earliest depiction of a slave in the UK.
In the Small Oak Room is a portrait of Florence Smyth, of the Smyth Family and her black ‘page’. There is no information on the identity of the boy in the portrait, so it can't be said whether the boy is a slave, a servant, or a peer of Florence's. If the boy is a slave then it is probably the earliest depiction of a slave in the UK.
Red Lodge Museum, Bristol