大英博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (大英博物館Instagram)「🎻 ‘African prince, how did you survive? Finding passion in strings while your father pulled the strings of your life.’ 🎻 This gentle sketch is a miniature likeness of the violin virtuoso George Bridgetower (1778–1860). Born Hieronimo Hyppolito de Augusto in 1778 in Poland, by 1789 Bridgetower had made his professional debut in Paris as a violin prodigy. Within the year he was performing for royal patrons in London, appearing in flowing robes under the name ‘African Prince’. Over the course of his life he played across Europe, collaborating with composers including Beethoven. Bridgetower was one of people explored in a youth initiative that the Museum hosted with the London Borough of Camden exploring Black British History. Working with the Museum collection, a group of young people considered the life and times of individuals from the African diaspora in Britain, from the 1500s to the present day. The poetic phrase shared above is taken from one of the student’s creative responses to Bridgetower’s life 📜🖋 🏛 Visit our blog to hear more young people’s responses to the Black histories in the Museum collection – link in bio. 🔎 Henry Edridge (1768–1821), ‘Portrait of George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower’. Graphite with watercolour on paper, from Britian, around 1795–1800. #BritishMuseum #BlackHistoryMonth #Camden」10月21日 0時57分