COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
69-666
Record number:
69-666-1
JCB call number:
E802 V835p
Image title:
Toussaint-Louverture
Place image published:
[Milan]
Image publisher:
[Nella Stamperìa Italiana e Francese a s. Zeno No. 534]
Image date:
[1802]
Image function:
frontispiece
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
14.4 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width:
10.4 cm. (platemark)
Page dimension height:
16.7 cm.
Page dimension width:
11.3 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Description:
Portrait of Toussaint Louverture.
Source Title:
[Vie privée politique et militaire de Toussaint-Louverture. Italian] Vita privata politica e militare di Toussaint-Louverture scritta da un uomo del suo colore
Source place of publication:
Milano [Milan]
Source publisher:
Nella Stamperìa Italiana e Francese a s. Zeno No. 534
Source date:
1802
notes:
Louverture (ca. 1743-1803), initially aide-de-camp to Biassou, was later leader of the Haitian Revolution. Originally named François Dominique Toussaint, he led the rebellion of slaves against the Spanish and French rulers of the island of Hispaniola (present-day Haiti and Santo Domingo), successfully fought for the abolition of slavery, and briefly established a black-governed French protectorate. There are no existing portraits of Toussaint Louverture drawn from the life.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1969.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
Subject Area:
Portraits
Subject headings:
Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804
Subject headings:
Toussaint Louverture, 1743?-1803--Portraits
Toussaint-Louverture
