Object Details
- Created by
- Jacob Lawrence, American, 1917 - 2000
- Subject of
- Toussaint Louverture, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
- Printed by
- Lou Stovall, American, 1937 - 2023
- Description
- This silkscreen print is a left profile portrait of the general in deep red military regalia, trimmed in gold. He wears a matching red bicorn hat with a front medallion holding three white plumes. Shown from the chest up, against a forest green background, his face is turned slightly towards the viewer, part of his face in deep shadow. There is a wide white margin around the image, with the chop mark of the print shop, Workshop Inc., in the lower left corner.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1986
- Object number
- 2008.12.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 2020 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- screen prints
- portraits
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 32 1/16 x 21 15/16 in. (81.5 x 55.8 cm)
- Place printed
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- African diaspora
- Art
- Colonialism
- Decolonization
- Freedom
- French colonialism
- Men
- Military
- Resistance
- Slavery
- Violence
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2008.12.1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53049648e-539d-4eed-a49d-79662b9de5b8
