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Description: | Two wooden life-size portrait busts are the earliest surviving representations of black people in Lambeth. They were carved when the Great Hall was rebuilt between 1660 and 1663. They commemorate the munificence of Archbishop William Juxon who paid for the construction. His family coat of arms consisted of four negro heads; although their significance is unclear.
Reproduced with permission of Lambeth Palace Library.
Copyright Lambeth Palace Library. | License: | http://www.lambethlandmark.com/terms.html | Subjects: | Sculptures and Monuments Black Statues Architectural Detail and Features | Temporal: | 1066-01-01T00:00:00/1849-12-31T23:59:00 | Source: | Lambeth Landmark | Creator: | Lambeth Libraries | Identifier: | http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_p... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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