A new portrait of Queen Victoria's African goddaughter has been unveiled as part of a series to commemorate overlooked figures in Black British history.

According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Victoria was “tickled” by the idea of being painted by an American. Today a later study based on the full-length portrait is on display at the ...

A painting of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, an African slave who became Queen Victoria’s goddaughter, has been unveiled at Osborne, the British former monarch’s seaside home.

Today a later study based on the full-length portrait is on display at the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Fla. — and the museum, which is celebrating its 75th ...

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She doesn't in any of her portraits, so it humanizes her, I think, for the first time." Dixon added: "Queen Victoria was always very up-to-date with technology and she was interested in art.

A painting of an African ex-slave who became Queen Victoria's goddaughter has been unveiled at Osborne, the seaside home of the former British monarch.