COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
72-83
Record number:
72-83-1
JCB call number:
D802 T735l
Image title:
Toussaint Louverture Neger General auf St. Domingo.
Creator 1:
J. Sun
Creator 1 role:
pinx.
Place image published:
[Fürth]
Image publisher:
[im Bureau für Litteratur]
Image date:
[1802]
Image function:
frontispiece
Technique:
engraving
Image dimension height:
12.2 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width:
9.4 cm. (platemark)
Page dimension height:
17 cm.
Page dimension width:
10.2 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
German
Description:
Portrait of Toussaint Louverture.
Source Title:
Toussaint-Louverture's frühere Geschichte ...
Source place of publication:
Fürth
Source publisher:
im Bureau für Litteratur
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 1972.
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 Neger General auf St. Domingo.
