Dido Elizabeth Belle and Lady Elizabeth Murray

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Dido Elizabeth Belle and Lady Elizabeth Murray
ArtistDavid Martin
Year1778
TypeOil on canvas, portrait painting
LocationScone Palace, Scotland

Dido Elizabeth Belle and Lady Elizabeth Murray is a 1778 portrait painting by the British artist David Martin. It features a double portrait of the cousins Dido Elizabeth Belle and Lady Elizabeth Murray.[1][2] Dido was the great niece of Lord Chief Justice Lord Mansfield who made notable rulings limiting the practice of slavery and the slave trade, notably Somersett's Case and the Zong trial. The 2013 film Belle drew inspiration from the painting.[3]

It was once attributed to the German-born artist Johan Zoffany. The painting is now in the collection of Scone Palace near Perth while a reproduction exists at Kenwood House in Highgate, where Dido and Elizabeth lived with Lord Mansfield.[4][5]

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References

  1. ^ Brathwaite p.78
  2. ^ Peels p.2
  3. ^ Jeffries, Stuart (2014-05-27). "Dido Belle: the artworld enigma who inspired a movie". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
  4. ^ "Dido Belle". English Heritage. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
  5. ^ "Dido Belle". Scone Palace. Retrieved 2024-12-13.

Bibliography

  • Brathwaite, Peter. Rediscovering Black Portraiture. Getty Publications, 2023.
  • Oldham, James. English Common Law in the Age of Mansfield. University of North Carolina Press, 2005.
  • Peels, Rik. Ignorance: A Philosophical Study. Oxford University Press, 2023.
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