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date: label: Date
content: 1992
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 the General riding a white horse. Wearing a long brown coat and brown bicorn hat, he is shown in left profile. Five figures in the background, wearing colorful clothing, cheer him on. One woman carried a colorful bundle on her head, while another holds a baby bundled in her arms. 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: 2008.12.5
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 x 32 1/16 in. (55.9 x 81.5 cm)