Tactical Lines in Three Black Women's Visual Portraits, 1773–1849

Abstract

This essay explores power dynamics and aesthetic negotiations between artists and sitters in the production of pre-photographic portraits created as frontispiece author images for books with title pages naming a black woman as the (apparent) author. The essay traces a worried line of tradition among three black women author portraits from 1773 to 1849.Este ensayo explora las relaciones de poder y las negociaciones estéticas entre los artistas y los modelos en la producción pre-fotográfica de retratos de imágenes autor creadas para el frontispicio de libros con páginas de título que nombran a una mujer negra como la autora aparente. El ensayo traza una preocupante line de tradición entre los retratos de tres mujeres negras datados de 1773 a 1849.

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