Title: Why Born Enslaved!
Object type: Bust
Date: modeled 1868, cast 1872
Artist: Workshop of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux 
Artist bio: French, Valenciennes 1827–1875 Courbevoie
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: confirmed: 21 1/8 × 17 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (53.7 × 44.5 × 34.9 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Gift of James S. Deely, in memory of Patricia Johnson Deely, 1997
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Female Nudes