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Francis Williams, the Scholar of Jamaica   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
possibly William Williams (1727-1791)
Title
Francis Williams, the Scholar of Jamaica
Description
English: Jamaican poet Francis Williams (c.1690-c.1770)
Date circa 1759
date QS:P571,+1759-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
, Jamaica
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 66 cm (25.9 in); width: 50 cm (19.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,66U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,50U174728
institution QS:P195,Q213322
Accession number
Museum no. P.83&A-1928
Credit line Gift of Viscount Bearsted M.C. and Spink and Son Ltd. through the National Art Collections Fund, 1928.
References https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O56347/francis-williams-the-scholar-of-oil-painting-unknown/
Source/Photographer https://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/f/francis-williams-a-portrait-of-an-early-black-writer/

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A portrait of Francis Williams during the return of Halley's comet, 1795.

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