Portrait of Princess Rakoczi and black servant
Portrait of Princess Rakoczi, 1649-1722, and her black manservant, oil painting, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. The Princess is Charlotte Amelia, daughter of the Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels who married the Hungarian patriot Francis Rakoczi II, Prince of Transylvania. Bordeaux was an important slave trading city, many African slaves passed through Bordeaux and its white inhabitants also settled the West Indies as plantation owners. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13432289
Media ID
45121218
Size
6167px x 5700px
(11.0MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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