The work will be part of the estate’s Missing Portraits series, while the actor’s lineage traces back to people enslaved on Harewood property in the Caribbean
A portrait of the actor and author David Harewood has been commissioned by Harewood House in Leeds, in an attempt to address the lack of diverse representation in its historic art collection and reckon with its history of slavery.
It will be part of the the collection’s Missing Portraits series, which was launched in 2022 to redress the balance of artwork in the house by depicting people of African-Caribbean heritage who have connections to Harewood and its owners, the Lascelles family.
