8 Chapter 1
VISIONS OF PROGRESS
Portraits of Dignity, Style and Racial Uplift
An exhibition showcasing portraits that African Americans in Central Virginia commissioned from the Holsinger Studio during the first decades of the twentieth century. The portraits expressed the individuality of the women and men who commissioned them and silently yet powerfully asserted the Black community’s claims to rights and equality.[1]
- https://holsinger.iath.virginia.edu/ ↵
definition
Ordered to be made in exchange for payment.