<I>Deception</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1997
name: label: Created by
content: Jacob Lawrence, American, 1917 - 2000
label: Subject of
content: Toussaint Louverture, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
label: Printed by
content: Lou Stovall, American, 1937 - 2023
notes: label: Description
content: This silkscreen print depicts four soldiers standing around a single seated man. The four soldiers stand with drawn swords pointed at the seated man. Two of the soldiers, with their backs to the viewer, wear long black coats. The other two soldiers wear blue coats with white trim, grey pants, and tall black boots. All four soldiers wear dark bicorn hats. The seated figure wears a brown coat with gold trim, white pants and tall black boots. His head is bare, and he holds a sword in his left hand, pointed to the ground. He is sitting on a black, frame-like chair. He looks sideways to the soldier on his left. The image is surrounded by a wide white margin, with the chop mark of the print shop, Workshop Inc. in the lower left corner.
place: label: Place printed
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: Decolonization
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: French colonialism
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2008.12.15
objectType: label: Type
content: screen prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 2020 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 22 1/4 x 32 1/16 in. (56.5 x 81.4 cm)