First Portrait of Roma of Barbados
Entry ID
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55 (14/01/2022)
Formal title of the work
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First Portrait of Roma of Barbados
Description of the sculpture
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A bronze bust depicting Roma with her hair in bunches on either side of her head, her head tilted slightly upwards, her eyes raised.
URLs where this is recorded/available
Type of object
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Bust – Portrait
Base
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Base present - appears to be the original base
Dimensions
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Height (overall): 35.5 cm
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Width: ? cm
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Depth: ? cm
Materials
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Bronze
Specific techniques used
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Casting
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Patination
Overall colour
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Monochrome – brown
Does the Black person have a specific identity?
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Identifiable: specific individual
Identity of Black person (real or fictive)
Role within sculpture
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Main protagonist
Gender
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Female
Age
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Adult
Status
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Free citizen
Clothing
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No clothes included (head)
Evidence of enslavement
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None
Evidence of 'exotic' status
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None
Action or activity
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Not relevant (head)
Emotional state
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Hopeful
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Noble/proud
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Neutral/emotionless
Focus of gaze of Black person
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Looking upwards
Sculptural context
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No location included/implied
Sculptor
Place of production
Period of production
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Twentieth century (1900-1999)
Date of Production
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1932
Date inferred from
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Recorded in related documentation
Original purpose
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Decorative
Original display setting
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Unknown
Current owner
Current / most recently known location
Accession number
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M.1-1945
Provenance history
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1945: given to the Fitzwilliam Museum by J. Howard Bliss
Notes
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No. 1 of an edition of up to 6 casts
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| Title | Alternate label | Class |
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 Olive |
Associated with | E22 Man-Made Object |
http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/21, . (no date) ‘First Portrait of Roma of Barbados’, Black People in European Sculpture, accessed May 5, 2025, http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/470
