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Degas, 'Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando'

This stunning image of the sensational mixed-race circus performer, known to audiences as 'The African Princess', was our focus painting for Black History Month events in October 2006.

We asked visitors, in the museum and online, about how they respond to Degas's painting.

Read a selection of the responses »

  Degas, 'Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando', 1879.

Degas, 'Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando', 1879. London, The National Gallery.

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