Toussaint L’Ouverture Artist: Louis Rigaud

19th century

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900
Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

unframed: 26 1/2 × 21 in. (67.31 × 53.34 cm)

Credit Line

Lent by Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

Loan number

ILE2012.25.1

Geography

Made in Haiti

Culture

Haitian

Period

19th century

Classification

Paintings

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Provenance
Exhibited at the World Cotton Exposition, New Orleans, 1885; sold to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; exchanged with the Peabody Museum, New Haven, Connecticut.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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