COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
63-149
Record number:
63-149
JCB call number:
Print Fr796 .T734L
Image title:
Toussaint Louverture : Chef des Noirs Insurgés de Saint Domingue.
Place image published:
Paris
Image publisher:
chez Jean rue Jean de Beauvais. No 10.
Image date:
[between 1796 and 1799]
Image function:
print
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
Image dimension height:
32.1 cm
Image dimension width:
23.6 cm
Page dimension height:
35.3 cm
Page dimension width:
25.8 cm
Materials medium:
ink, colors
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
French
Description:
Portrait of Toussaint Louverture on horseback with sword. In the background are fortifications and a ship.
notes:
Louverture (ca. 1743-1803) was a 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. This portrait was made as part of a series of portraits of generals of the French Revolution.
Time Period:
1801-1850
References:
Daguillard, F. Mystérieux dans la gloire, p. 13
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1963.
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
Toussaint Louverture : Chef des Noirs Insurgés de Saint Domingue.
