Black Tudors

by Miranda Kaufmann

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  Unpublished theses and online sources

  Please see the full bibliography online for the details of the unpublished theses, primary online sources and secondary online sources consulted.

  Works of art

  Anon., ‘A rare and important French Renaissance tapestry of Le Camp du Drap d’Or, the meeting of Kings Henry VIII and François Ier’, c. 1520, probably Tournai, sold at Sothebys, New York, 11 December 2014: http://www.artnet.com/artists/a-rare-and-important-french-renaissance-tapestry-c-hogwYhya50hsiE0_WqRmig2

  Anon., ‘The Drake Jewel’, 1588, Collection of Sir George Meyrick, on loan to Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

  Anon., ‘The Engagement of St Ursula and Prince Etherius’, 1522, St Auta altarpiece, Convent of Madre de Deus, Lisbon.

  Anon., ‘Portrait of Peregrine Bertie, Lord Willoughby de Eresby (1555–1601)’, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire.

  Anon., ‘Westminster Tournament Roll’, painted vellum, 1511 College of Arms, London; repro. in ed.Sydney Anglo, The Great Tournament Roll of Westminster (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968), vol. 2, plate 3, membranes 3–5; plate 18, membranes 28–9.

  Bellini, Gentile, ‘Miracle of the True Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo’, 1500, Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice.

  Blake, William, ‘Flagellation of a Female Samboe Slave’, repro. in Capt. J. G. Stedman, Narrative of a Five Years’ Expedition Against the Revolted Slaves of Surinam, (London: Printed for J. Johnson and J. Edwards, 1796), vol. 1, plate facing p. 326.

  Carpaccio, Vittore, ‘Miracle of the Relic of the Cross at the Ponte di Rialto’, c. 1496, Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice.

  ‘Hunting on the Lagoon’ (c.1490–5), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

  Dürer, Albrecht, ‘Study of Katharina’, 1521, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

  English School, unknown, ‘Sir Thomas Love, c. 1571–1627’, c. 1620, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.

  Flemish/German?, unknown, ‘Portrait of a Wealthy African’, 1530–40, Private Collection, Antwerp.

  Gheeraerts, Marcus, the younger, ‘Sir Francis Drake, 1540–1596’, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection, BHC2662.

  Hogarth, William, ‘A Rake’s Progress, 3: The Orgy’, 1733 painting, Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, and 1735 print, plate 3.

  Mignard, Pierre, ‘Louise de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth’ (1682), National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 497.

  Mostaert, Jan Jansz, ‘Portrait of an African Man’, c. 1525–30, The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

  Mytens, Daniel, ‘Charles I and Henrietta Maria Departing for the Chase’ (c.1630–2), Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 404771.

  Rowlandson, Thomas, ‘Sea Stores’, 1812, Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 810882.

  van Dyck, Anthony, ‘Portrait of George Gage with Two Attendants’, ca. 1622–3, The National Gallery, London, NG49.

  ‘The Continence of Scipio’, 1620–1, Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford.

  van Somer, Paul, ‘Anne of Denmark’, 1617, Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 405887.

  List of Illustrations

  Integrated images

  Burial record for ‘Anthony a pore ould Negro aged 105’, St Augustine’s Church, Hackney, 1630. Courtesy of London Metropolitan Archives, City of London. P79/JN1/021.

  Old map of Southampton, England, by John Speed, 1611. Courtesy of WorldPhotos/Alamy Stock Photo.

  Detail from a map by Wenceslas Hollar showing the temporary fortifications of the Siege of Plymouth during the English Civil War. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

  1581 map by Nicola van Sype, showing Drake’s circumnavigation route (1577–80). Courtesy of Everett Collection Inc/Alamy Stock Photo.

  Detail from John Speed’s map of Gloucestershire, 1610. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

  Woodcut from Sebastian Münster’s Cosmographia (1544), showing a Monopod, Cyclops, conjoined twins, a headless man and a cynocephalus, or dog-headed man. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

  John Guy’s meeting with the Beothuk by Matthäus Merian. First published in Dreyzehender Theil Americae, 1628. Courtesy of the Baccalieu Trail Heritage Corp.

  Detail from the ‘Agas’ map of London, c. 1561, showing Tooley Street. Courtesy of London Metropolitan Archives, City of London.

  Albrecht Dürer’s portraits of Katherina and an unknown African male. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
r />   Detail from the ‘Agas’ map of London, c. 1561, showing Hart Street. Courtesy of London Metropolitan Archives, City of London.

  Detail from the ‘Agas’ map of London, c. 1561, showing St Botolph Aldgate. Courtesy of London Metropolitan Archives, City of London.

  Jean Barbot’s map of River Cestos, c. 1681. Originally published by Barbot and reproduced in Barbot on Guinea: The Writings of Jean Barbot on West Africa 1678–1712.

  Detail from the ‘Agas’ map of London, c. 1561, showing St Mildred. Courtesy of London Metropolitan Archives, City of London.

  Jean Barbot’s meeting with the king of River Cestos, c. 1681. Originally published by Barbot in A Description of the coasts of North and South-Guinea.

  Vlissingen by Andries Schoemaker. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the Dutch National Library.

  Dover castle by Wenceslas Hollar. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

  ‘An English Sailor’ from Habiti Antichi et Moderni di tutto il Mondo, Cesare Vecelio, 1598. Courtesy of World History Archive/Alamy Stock Photo.

  The Peacham Drawing, showing a ‘black’ man playing Aaron in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus © reproduced by permission of the Marquess of Bath, Longleat House, Warminster, Wiltshire, Great Britain.

  Detail from the ‘Agas’ map of London, c. 1561, showing St Clement. Courtesy of London Metropolitan Archives, City of London.

  Almondsbury Church by Samuel Lysons. Originally published in A collection of Gloucestershire antiquities by Samuel Lysons, F.R.S. & F.A.S. (London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804).

  Plate section images

  Images of John Blanke from the College of Arms MS Westminster Tournament Roll. Reproduced by permission of the Kings, Heralds and Pursuivants of Arms.

  The Meeting of King Henry VIII and King Francis I, c. 1520. Courtesy of Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images.

  ‘Drummer at the Entrance of the Emperor’ in Christoph Weiditz’s Das Trachtenbuch (1529). Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

  Detail from The Engagement of St. Ursula and Prince Etherius, commissioned in 1522 by Eleanor, Queen of Portugal to adorn the St Auta altarpiece in the Convent of Madre de Deus, Lisbon. Courtesy of Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal/Bridgeman Images.