The "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Admiral" class="extiw" title="en:Black Admiral">Black Admiral</a>" painting. The pale spots are areas where solvents were applied.
Revolutionary War-era U.S. painting of unknown provenance that appears to depict a black man in U.S. naval uniform. In 2006, it was revealed that this 18th-century painting was merely a white sailor overlaid in the mid-to-late 20th century with African features.
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