Ignatius Sancho : an African man of letters / Reyahn King, Sukhdev Sandhu, James Walvin, Jane Girdham ; foreword by Caryl Phillips
- Bib ID:
- 6970939
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- King, Reyahn, author
- Description:
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- London : National Portrait Gallery, [1997]
- ©1997
- 124 pages : illustrations, music, portraits ; 19 cm
- ISBN:
- 1855141922
- Series:
- Collection of Jamie and Michael Kassler.
- Summary:
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Born on a slave ship crossing the Atlantic, Ignatius Sancho defied what he called the 'miserable fate of almost all of our unfortunate colour'. A friend of Laurence Sterne, and author of A Theory of Music, Sancho had become part of the literary and musical establishment by the time of his death in 1780. Bringing to life an exemplary black Englishman lost in traditional history, Ignatius Sancho offers a fascinating insight into the life of this remarkable man.
- Full contents:
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- Foreword / Caryl Phillips
- Ignatius Sancho and Portraits of the Black Elite / Reyahn King
- Ignatius Sancho: An African Man of Letters / Sukhdev Sandhu
- Ignatius Sancho: The Man and His Times / James Walvin
- Black Musicians in England: Ignatius Sancho and His Contemporaries / Jane Girdham.
- Notes:
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- Published in connection with an exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery, Jan. 24-May 11, 1997.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
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- Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780
- Africans -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century
- Blacks -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century
- Composers, Black -- England -- London -- Biography
- Grocers -- England -- London -- Biography
- Blacks in art
- Westminster (London, England) -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1997
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