Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-10-03 03:31:00 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B7CB048B9064EAC42AE55A14A42938CAA3891D64695207A18E21D9AFD615858D
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Original Note:
The man in the painting bears no relation to Nat Turner. He is an unknown man of African descent first seen in the portrait ”Head of a Negro” (1777 or 1778) by John Singleton Copley. Turner was born in 1800, over twenty years after the portrait was painted in England. https://www.nga.gov/stories/black-sailor-copley-watson-shark.html
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