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POSSIBLY THE BEST-KNOWN IMAGE OF TOUSSAINT (HAITI.) L'Ouverture, Toussaint. Hand-colored lithograph portrait by Francois Seraphim Delpech. 141/2x11

POSSIBLY THE BEST-KNOWN IMAGE OF TOUSSAINT (HAITI.) L'Ouverture, Toussaint. Hand-colored lithograph portrait by Francois Seraphim Delpech. 14 1/2x11 inches; some foxing, most noticeable in the blank, white background, but an excellent copy, matted and framed. [Paris?, 1838]

  • Notes: In 1838, William C. Nell, the black activist, abolitionist, and author, advertised 12 copies of this lithograph for sale in William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator. Nell commissioned engraved portraits as a means of supporting his activities, and was responsible for several series, including The Heralds of Freedom, representing both black and white abolitionists.

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