COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB~1~1
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Collection
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Accession number:
09-147
accession_no
09-147
Accession number
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Record number:
09-147
record_number
09-147
Record number
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JCB call number:
Fr795 B727 OVERSIZE
jcb_call_no
Fr795 B727 OVERSIZE
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Passage des 11 jours du pillage de la ville du Cap Français...
image_title
Passage des 11 jours du pillage de la ville du Cap Français...
Image title
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Creator 1:
Boquet
creator1
Boquet
Creator 1
false
Place image published:
[Paris?]
place_image_published
[Paris?]
Place image published
false
Image date:
1795
image_date
1795
Image date
false
Image function:
print
image_function
print
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
47.5 cm.
image_dimensions_height
47.5 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
70.5 cm.
image_dimensions_width
70.5 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
54.5 cm.
page_dimensions_height
54.5 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
72.5 cm.
page_dimensions_width
72.5 cm.
Page dimension width
false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
French
languages
French
Languages
false
Description:
The Haitian revolutionaries are depicted, from the artist’s European perspective, in the aftermath of the Battle of Cap-Français. There are scenes of celebration, but also violence and unrest. Haitians are shown looting and mocking the French while dressing in European clothes, while the French express feelings of sorrow and mutual consolation. Includes: music (drums, guitar); dancing; violence (whip, knife); care for the wounded and a pregnant woman; civil unrest (alcohol drinking, public urination); loot, plunder (chest, wagon, goods); cooking and butchering (a cow).
description
The Haitian revolutionaries are depicted, from the artist’s European perspective, in the aftermath of the Battle of Cap-Français. There are scenes of celebration, but also violence and unrest. Haitians are shown looting and mocking the French while dressing in European clothes, while the French express feelings of sorrow and mutual consolation. Includes: music (drums, guitar); dancing; violence (whip, knife); care for the wounded and a pregnant woman; civil unrest (alcohol drinking, public urination); loot, plunder (chest, wagon, goods); cooking and butchering (a cow).
Description
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notes:
The French painter J. L. Boquet both created the painting upon which this print was based and engraved (or etched) the print. Boquet was living in Cap Français and made at least three paintings of the early years of the Haitian Revolution which were engraved by Jean-Baptiste Chapuy and sold in France as a set of colored prints as early as 1799. This version of the proof, however, looks to have been engraved by Boquet himself, perhaps before the involvement of Chapuy. The original painting of the “Passage des onze jours…” is at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library (at Duke University).
notes
The French painter J. L. Boquet both created the painting upon which this print was based and engraved (or etched) the print. Boquet was living in Cap Français and made at least three paintings of the early years of the Haitian Revolution which were engraved by Jean-Baptiste Chapuy and sold in France as a set of colored prints as early as 1799. This version of the proof, however, looks to have been engraved by Boquet himself, perhaps before the involvement of Chapuy. The original painting of the “Passage des onze jours…” is at the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library (at Duke University).
notes
false
Time Period:
1751-1800
time_period
1751-1800
Time Period
false
References:
Alejandro E. Gómez, “Images de l’apocalypse des planteurs,” L'Ordinaire des Amériques 215 (2013), http://journals.ope… | Laurence Brown, “Visions of violence in the Haitian Revolution,” Atlantic Studies, 13, 1 (2016):144-164
references_
Alejandro E. Gómez, “Images de l’apocalypse des planteurs,” L'Ordinaire des Amériques 215 (2013), http://journals.openedition.org/orda/665 | Laurence Brown, “Visions of violence in the Haitian Revolution,” Atlantic Studies, 13, 1 (2016):144-164
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 2009.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired in 2009.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
owner_and_copyright
https://jcblibrary.org/permissions
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
subject_groups
Artifacts, industry, and human activities
Subject Area
false
Subject Area:
Indigenous peoples
subject_groups
Indigenous peoples
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Cap-Haïtien (Haiti)--Description and travel
subject_heads
Cap-Haïtien (Haiti)--Description and travel
Subject headings
false
Subject headings:
Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804
subject_heads
Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804
Subject headings
false