Feb 28, 2005 - Sale 2034

Sale 2034 - Lot 29

Price Realized: $ 9,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
POSSIBLY THE BEST-KNOWN IMAGE OF TOUSSAINT (HAITI.) L'Ouverture, Toussaint. Hand-colored lithograph portrait by Francois Seraphim Delpech. 141/2x11 inches; foxing most noticeable in the blank, white background, but an excellent copy, matted and framed. [Paris?, 1838]
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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.