madamecuratrix:Portrait of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the mixed-racial woman who was the illegitimate chi
madamecuratrix:Portrait of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the mixed-racial woman who was the illegitimate child of a British Navy captain, and raised by his aristocratic family. She is the subject of the upcoming film, Belle (I’ve posted the movie poster here, and shared the trailer here), starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Dido. The other woman in the portrait is her cousin, Elizabeth.You can read more about her on Wikipedia. -- source link