<I>L'Ouverture</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1986
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 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.
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: 2008.12.1
objectType: label: Type
content: screen prints
label: Type
content: portraits
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: 32 1/16 x 21 15/16 in. (81.5 x 55.8 cm)