Image Title:
Saïd Abdullah of the Mayac, Kingdom of the Darfur (Sudan)

Note:
"Sculpted images of African men and women were rarely shown in public galleries before the 19th century, but Charles Cordier's plaster Bust of Said Abdullah had a tremendous reception when it was displayed at the 1848 Paris Salon. Finished in two weeks, the bust reflects the mid-19th-century European fascination with non-Western physiognomy, costumes, and customs, later characterized as Orientalism." [Web Gallery of Art] Learn More

Artist:
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier (French, 1827-1905)

Image Source:
The Walters Art Museum

Subject:
People - Europe - Afro-Europeans -  Black European - Afro European - Moor - African

Date:
1848

Rights:
Public Domain

Image:
SA-PPLEU-35

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