François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture, also known as Toussaint Bréda or Toussaint-L'Ouverture (Cap-Haïtien 1743 - Château de Joux, near Pontarlier 1803) was a French general and leader of the Haitian Revolution, which led to the abolition of slavery and the independence of the French colony of Saint-Domingue as the republic of Haiti (which included the entire island of Hispaniola from 1801 to 1844).
Artist | Auguste BryRKD |
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Antoine MaurinRKD | |
Title | Portrait of General François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture |
Period | 19th century |
Location | ParisTGN |
Medium and support | lithographyAAT |
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: Couysaine [?] |
printed inscription outside the depiction, left: Rosselin, édit. Quai Voltaire, 21. | |
printed inscription outside the depiction, right: Lith. Auguste Bry, r. du Bac, 134 | |
printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Toussaint Louverture | |
printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Toussaint Louverture | |
Collection | print room |
Object type | lithographs AAT reproductive prints AAT |
Inventory number | 2013-DL |
Acquisition credit | unknown |
Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2013-DL |
IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/6588/manifest.json |