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The Postillion
England (1730)
Oil on Canvas, 73.5 x 62.5 cm.
Erddig Park (The National Trust), Servant’s Hall.
(A postillion rides at the head of a carriage or chaise and is part of a lord’s traveling retinue.)
So the text in that box was added a bit later than it was painted but I've transcribed it as best i can here: medievalpoc.tumblr.com/post/696156408…
Basically, it’s a set of rather flippant verse that explains that although no one remembers much about him (including, apparently, his name) +
he was given a Christian burial and was a valued member of the household, with attendant wishes that he have a better afterlife than the life he had had (because of his race). He had a brother, who also played the horn, and who he did *not* get along with whatsoever.
The brother died before the man in the portrait, and the only thing they could (apparently) agree on was their faithfulness and duty.
This work isn't in their online archive AFAIK but is on display at Erddig in the Servant’s Hall.
nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/place/erddig
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