Feb 25, 2010 - Sale 2204

Sale 2204 - Lot 244

Price Realized: $ 1,140
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(HAITI.) L'OUVERTURE, TOUSAINT. Toussaint L'Ouverture, Neger General auf St. Domingo. Hand-colored lithograph portrait, 8- 1/2x6 inches; image size 3- 3/4x3- 1/8 inches; strong plate mark. Germany, circa 1799-1803
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An unusual portrait that differs from the Delpech image that was the model for almost all pictures of the Haitian liberator. Here we see a somber, full-faced, and much less exaggerated Toussaint.