Title: Why Born Enslaved!
Object type: Bust
Date: modeled 1868, carved 1873
Artist:  Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux 
Artist bio: French, Valenciennes 1827–1875 Courbevoie
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: 22 7/8 × 16 × 12 1/2 in., 132.7 lb. (58.1 × 40.6 × 31.8 cm, 60.2 kg)
Pedestal: 22 × 18 in., 1298 lb. (55.9 × 45.7 cm, 588.8 kg)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace, Wrightsman Fellows, and Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation Gifts, 2019
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Women, term: Female Nudes, term: Slaves