Facing the Past : Black Lancastrians, Judges’ Lodgings Museum, Lancaster

On Permanent Display
Judges’ Lodgings Museum, Lancaster
11am – 4pm, Thursday – Sunday
(see link below for seasonal opening times and access information)

The Black Lancastrians exhibition is a commission that highlights historic Black individuals who lived in Lancaster in the 1700s. Using fragments from the historical archives and imagination, Harris created a series of emotive portraits depicting; Thomas Anson, Frances Elizabeth Johnson, John Chance, Isaac Rawlinson, Afamefuna -‘Ebo Boy’ and Molly.

They are shown alongside portraits of some of those who benefitted from slavery including: Abraham Rawlinson, Mary Hutton Rawlinson, Benjamin Satterthwaite, Jane Hardman. These were painted by significant portrait artists including George Romney and Joseph Wright of Derby.

The portraits are accompanied by a young people’s exhibition developed by local school children exploring the life of ‘Ebo Boy’.

Find out more about the exhibition and Lancaster’s Black History:

Facing The Past is a collaboration between Lancaster Black History group, Judges’ Lodgings Museum, The Institute For Black Atlantic Research at UCLan, Sociology at Lancaster University and local schools. It has been funded by the Art Fund, and the Association of Independent Museums and National Lottery Heritage Fund.