Description
Indigenous visitors to London were routinely brought to St. Paul’s to experience its architectural and religious wonders as well as to obtain panoramic views of the city. Such spectacles were often intended to cow Indigenous visitors into submission with the sheer scale of the imperial metropolis. This was the case with two Inuit brothers, their wives, and one of the couple’s daughters, who were brought to London in 1772 by entrepreneur George Cartwright. However, these particular visitors were very circumspect in their responses to the city, commenting that the cathedral reminded them of a headland in their home country. Only one of the party would survive the trip home to Labrador in 1773.
Bibliographic sources
Thrush, Indigenous London, 114-121.