Signal Boost: Okay, this is amazing

rydra_wong posted: Okay, this is amazing

and the headline does it no justice at all.

The Guardian: Revealed: the illustrious past of a mystery portrait

I mean, it starts out super-cool: "the earliest-known European portrait miniature to depict a black sitter"! gorgeous picture! yet more evidence with which to browbeat the people who believe that black people weren't invented until 1940!

THEN IT ESCALATES:

Go read the post and then go read the article