Peregrine Tyam reidentified in Claydon House Portrait

June 13 2025

Image of Peregrine Tyam reidentified in Claydon House Portrait

Picture: Claydon House via. britishartstudies.ac.uk

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

The Paul Mellon Centre's latest online edition of British Art Studies features this rather fascinating extended article by Hannah Lee entitled “Your Most Obedient and Faithful Servant”: Peregrine Tyam and the Representation of Black Sitters in Early Modern British Portraiture. In particular, the piece examines a painting at Claydon House, owned by the Verney family, which research has revealed not only depicts Mary Lawley but also Peregrine Tyam, a black boy who has been reidentified thanks to some rather interesting archival research. Click on the link to read the full story.

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