@byjacklynn: There is an enslaved child in this seemingly innocent family portrait, can you see him? In 2007 conservators at the Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow discovered another figure in this 1767 painting that had been obscured by dirt and age. It showed a young black boy who had been enslaved by John Glassford and trafficked to Scotland. But so little about him is known - his story is lost to history What is so poignant is at first glance this is a fairly innocent family portrait, showing what appears to be a happy family with many healthy children, but within it hides another child stolen away from his own family. “In the 1700s many enslaved people were trafficked to Scotland to work as domestic servants. Enslavers like Glassford saw this child as a fashionable accessory symbolising their family’s wealth and status, not as an equal human being.” - Kelvingrove Gallery and Museum Painting: John Glassford and his family, about 1767-8 Archibald McLauchlan #scottishhistory #historytok

Severina :

I dropped to my knees sobbing seeing Kehinde Wiley’s bronze sculptures. N

Janai :

A history professor once told me to always look in the corners of paintings cuz it tells more to the story 😭😭

Lauren Wonacott :

"I exist I exist I exist"

Ilona :

he was someone’s baby💔

Bananarana :

He was probably placed in the painting to show off the family's wealth, as though he were an inanimate object.

SHANAY.LV🦋⚽️ :

Ah man what did we actually do to deserve this just because of skin colour wow

🇨🇩 🇸🇩 :

we should never forgive the western world

Persephxne :

This is so devastating

👽 :

That's poor baby. He should've been with his family

thingswillgetbetter_ :

I will never understand how people could treat others this way and just get on with life with no conscience, consequences or compassion.

Emlyn Pearce :

He was somebody’s baby, kidnapped and trafficked. His family probably never knew what happened to him. They would have spent the rest of their lives wondering and hoping for news. The pain must have been unbearable.

Atutupoyoyo :

Omo this one weak me 💔guyyyy wetin nau😭

Christina :

my heart 💔 may he be living free in heaven in pure love

Miriam :

He was a person too! I’ll never understand why we were treated like anything less than! It makes me so angry.

astriddd 🔵 :

I love how the artist painted a part of this child 😭

Preluxe | Unisex Fit Hub 👕 :

He was someone’s baby🥺🥺

Dun dun :

you done make me cry too 💔

Hanan 🌷 :

Now we’re all crying

Alicefaye 💕 :

my heart aches for that poor baby 😭

Naomi NBP :

The eyes look so sad even in portrait

Chel🔪 :

Art History major here, he was depicted like that because they viewed their slaves as nothing more than an appliance. They valued realism over all else in their commission work so if he was there he was painted just like the table. He was a person.

Le :

Didn’t need to see this 💔 my poor ancestors.

KokoCain🍉 :

The horrors that poor baby endured 😭

katerinaki351 :

Heartbreaking 💔

Ompha🌸 :