Free West Indian Dominicans, c. 1770.

Source: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, New Haven, Connecticut.

Dominica

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art:

A distinctive Creole style developed in the region as European fashions were integrated with African modes such as the head wrap, worn by nearly all women regardless of race or social status. Weekly markets throughout the Caribbean were dynamic sites of economic and social exchange where colorful textiles could be acquired and enslaved persons could participate as both buyers and sellers in global trade networks.

As suggested by the title, the figures depicted are freed individuals. The creolisation of fashion saw a mixture between traditionally African and European styles in the Caribbean. The women wear large head wraps; one paired with a lace bonnet while the other wears a wide brimmed hat worn on an angle. They both wear matching  shawls over quadrille dresses. The man wears a silk yellow striped jacket, high neck shirt, and orange breeches. He holds a large cane and wears a white head covering. In his right hand, he is holding a tricorne, (three-cornered hat) which is a distinctively European mode.