Other Voices in Garden History - Learning from the Blackamoor
The Gardens Trust host this lecture by Dr Patrick Eyres, which considers examples of the visible and invisible ways in which the Atlantic slave economy permeated the garden culture of Georgian Britain. The visible will be discussed through the lead statue known as The Blackamoor, a.k.a. The Kneeling Slave. When William III commissioned this statue for the privy garden at Hampton Court palace in 1701, he not only initiated a new genre of British garden sculpture, but also visualised his intention to acquire the Asiento for Britain. The Asiento was the monopoly contract to transport enslaved Africans to the Spanish transatlantic empire. Stimulated by royal patronage, The Blackamoor, a.k.a. The Kneeling Slave, became the most popular of all the lead statues made for Georgian gardens. For more details see thehub.earth.
Time: 18:00 BST
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