Black Victorians (Jeanefer Jean-Charles)

Jeanefer Jean-Charles presents Black Victorians, exploring a complex and often forgotten Black presence in pre-Windrush Britain.

Inspired by nineteenth-century studio photographs of black men, women and children, the piece explores a complex and often forgotten Black presence in pre-Windrush Britain.

Black Victorians is inspired by Black Chronicles – The Missing Chapter, an ongoing curatorial research programme led by Autograph focused on unearthing nineteenth-century photographs of Black presences in Britain’s archives. Black Victorians is accompanied by a display of the Black Chronicles’ Exhibition In A Box produced by, and presented in association with, Autograph, London.”