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The Coachman

Created by: Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
Subject of: Louverture, Toussaint, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
Printed by: Stovall, Lou, American, born 1937

Date: 1990

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 32 1/16 x 22 1/16 in. (81.5 x 56 cm)

Description: This silkscreen print depicts a man on a carriage driving two horses. The man wears a tall hat and deep red overcoat with large golden buttons and white trousers. His arms are stretched in front of him holding on to the horse's reins. In the top right corner are four small figures performing field chores. The image is surrounded by a wide white margin with the chop mark of the print shop, Workshop Inc. in the bottom left corner.

Place printed: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
Classification: Visual Arts

Type: screen prints

Topic: African diaspora; Art; Colonialism; Decolonization; Freedom; French colonialism; Men; Military; Resistance; Slavery; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2008.12.3

Restrictions & Rights: © 2020 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Permission required for use.

Usage: Usage conditions apply

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e239556b-96ad-47df-9eda-5b7c39453e74

The March

Created by: Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
Subject of: Louverture, Toussaint, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
Printed by: Stovall, Lou, American, born 1937

Date: 1995

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 22 1/8 x 32 1/16 in. (56.2 x 81.5 cm)

Description: This silkscreen print depicts a mass of troops moving from the left to the right Wearing brown coats, white pants and light colored tall hats, the soldiers carry long guns over their shoulders. They lean forwrad intently, eyes visible, as they march. There is tall grass in the foreground. 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 printed: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
Classification: Visual Arts

Type: screen prints

Topic: African diaspora; Art; Colonialism; Decolonization; Freedom; French colonialism; Men; Military; Resistance; Slavery; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2008.12.10

Restrictions & Rights: © 2020 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Permission required for use.

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GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c737a47a-3b8d-40e5-8762-d1730ffe5123

Dondon

Created by: Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
Subject of: Louverture, Toussaint, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
Printed by: Stovall, Lou, American, born 1937

Date: 1992

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 22 x 32 1/16 in. (55.9 x 81.5 cm)

Description: 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 printed: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
Classification: Visual Arts

Type: screen prints

Topic: African diaspora; Art; Colonialism; Decolonization; Freedom; French colonialism; Men; Military; Resistance; Slavery; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2008.12.5

Restrictions & Rights: © 2020 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Permission required for use.

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GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59924fb54-4854-4171-8ec9-27c3c70740b9

Flotilla

Created by: Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
Subject of: Louverture, Toussaint, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
Printed by: Stovall, Lou, American, born 1937

Date: 1996

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 22 1/4 x 32 1/8 in. (56.5 x 81.6 cm)

Description: This silkscreen print depicts a flotilla of ships just off a beach. The ships, some black with tan trim, and some grey with black trim, are scattered across the deep blue ocean surface. There are waves where the water meets the gray, clouded horizon. All the ships except for one fly the French flag. The beach, a golden brown color, is bare except for a few strands of grass and a single black tree. 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 printed: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
Classification: Visual Arts

Type: screen prints

Topic: African diaspora; Art; Colonialism; Decolonization; Freedom; French colonialism; Men; Military; Resistance; Slavery; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2008.12.13

Restrictions & Rights: © 2020 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Permission required for use.

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GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50bfa06fe-3f5a-41e8-9e21-d1fa0a76170b

The Birth of Toussaint

Created by: Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
Subject of: Louverture, Toussaint, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
Printed by: Stovall, Lou, American, born 1937

Date: 1986

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 32 1/8 x 22 in. (81.6 x 55.9 cm)

Description: This silkscreen print depicts a mother tucked in bed, holding a baby in her arms. The bed is on the right within an angular room with one window at far left, with a small table in the center of the room. Tall green strands of grass are visible through the window. The room's timbers are done in shades or brown, eggplant, and olive green. At bottom left is the chop mark of the print shop, Workshop Inc., signed at bottom right.

Place printed: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
Classification: Visual Arts

Type: screen prints

Topic: African diaspora; Art; Colonialism; Decolonization; Freedom; French colonialism; Men; Military; Resistance; Slavery; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2008.12.2

Restrictions & Rights: © 2020 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Permission required for use.

Usage: Usage conditions apply

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e95347cb-b62e-48e5-98b2-7f323376ac8b

Deception

Created by: Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
Subject of: Louverture, Toussaint, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
Printed by: Stovall, Lou, American, born 1937

Date: 1997

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 22 1/4 x 32 1/16 in. (56.5 x 81.4 cm)

Description: This silkscreen print depicts four soldiers standing around a single seated man. The four soldiers stand with drawn swords pointed at the seated man. Two of the soldiers, with their backs to the viewer, wear long black coats. The other two soldiers wear blue coats with white trim, grey pants, and tall black boots. All four soldiers wear dark bicorn hats. The seated figure wears a brown coat with gold trim, white pants and tall black boots. His head is bare, and he holds a sword in his left hand, pointed to the ground. He is sitting on a black, frame-like chair. He looks sideways to the soldier on his left. 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 printed: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
Classification: Visual Arts

Type: screen prints

Topic: African diaspora; Art; Colonialism; Decolonization; Freedom; French colonialism; Men; Military; Resistance; Slavery; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2008.12.15

Restrictions & Rights: © 2020 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Permission required for use.

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GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53b1163a4-e350-496e-a6f5-543f22392727

The Opener

Created by: Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
Subject of: Louverture, Toussaint, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
Printed by: Stovall, Lou, American, born 1937

Date: 1997

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 22 1/4 x 32 3/16 in. (56.5 x 81.8 cm)

Description: This silkscreen print depicts a man mounted on a galloping white horse. Wearing a brown coat, brown bicorn hat with white plumes, white trousers, tall boots and spurs. Brandishing a sword in his left hand, he looks over his shoulder behind him while his horse gallops from left to right through tall grass. 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 printed: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
Classification: Visual Arts

Type: screen prints

Topic: African diaspora; Art; Colonialism; Decolonization; Freedom; French colonialism; Men; Military; Resistance; Slavery; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2008.12.9

Restrictions & Rights: © 2020 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Permission required for use.

Usage: Usage conditions apply

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5927783a3-a176-4b33-8376-7acb73c686cd

Contemplation

Created by: Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
Subject of: Louverture, Toussaint, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
Printed by: Stovall, Lou, American, born 1937

Date: 1993

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 32 1/16 x 22 1/8 in. (81.5 x 56.2 cm)

Description: This silkscreen print depicts a seated man shown from the back. Wearing a white shirt and bright red vest with gold colored horizontal stripes across the back, he is shown reading a book by candlelight. He rests his elbow on the table in front of him, a tall candlestick by his elbow. On the wall to the man's right is a shelf with several books. Surrounding the image is a wide white margin. At the bottom left corner is the chop mark of the print shop, Workshop Inc., and the artist's signature at bottom right.

Place printed: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
Classification: Visual Arts

Type: screen prints

Topic: African diaspora; Art; Colonialism; Decolonization; Freedom; French colonialism; Men; Military; Resistance; Slavery; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2008.12.4

Restrictions & Rights: © 2020 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Permission required for use.

Usage: Usage conditions apply

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd549dfd059-8b88-4128-a435-aa37f9f6f942

Strategy

Created by: Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
Subject of: Louverture, Toussaint, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
Printed by: Stovall, Lou, American, born 1937

Date: 1994

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 22 1/8 x 32 1/8 in. (56.2 x 81.6 cm)

Description: This silkscreen print depicts four men gathered around a table. Three of the men stand facing the viewer, while the fourth sits with his back to the viewer. He uses his left hand to point at a map on the table between them. There is a short candle burning at the opposite end of the table, as well as a torch. There is a brown sheet pinned up to two trees behind the men. Tall grasses are visible beyond the sheet. 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 printed: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
Classification: Visual Arts

Type: screen prints

Topic: African diaspora; Art; Colonialism; Decolonization; Freedom; French colonialism; Men; Military; Resistance; Slavery; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2008.12.8

Restrictions & Rights: © 2020 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Permission required for use.

Usage: Usage conditions apply

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd565af7065-97ac-4c2c-8182-8f93ea152468

The Capture

Created by: Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
Subject of: Louverture, Toussaint, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
Printed by: Stovall, Lou, American, born 1937

Date: 1987

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 32 1/16 x 22 in. (81.5 x 55.9 cm)

Description: This silkscreen print depicts a man in a dark red coat on a white horse surrounded by soldiers. The man wears a black bicorn hat and has a sword at his right side. He faces the viewer as his horse throws its head back with its mouth open. The soldiers around this figure are abstracted shapes in brown with tall grey hats. Their wide white eyes stand out from the dark background. The figures are surrounded by tall grasses. 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 printed: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
Classification: Visual Arts

Type: screen prints

Topic: African diaspora; Art; Colonialism; Decolonization; Freedom; French colonialism; Men; Military; Resistance; Slavery; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2008.12.11

Restrictions & Rights: © 2020 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Permission required for use.

Usage: Usage conditions apply

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59f0cea5b-a2cc-4bcd-b8c4-34b6c112946e

St. Marc

Created by: Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
Subject of: Louverture, Toussaint, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
Printed by: Stovall, Lou, American, born 1937

Date: 1994

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 32 1/8 x 22 1/8 in. (81.6 x 56.2 cm)

Description: This silkscreen print depicts a man in a dark red coat with a black sash and tall crowned hat. Wearing white trousers and tall black boots with gold spurs, he faces the grey horse in front of him and points with his right hand. His back is to the viewer. He stands on a rocky outcrop with sparse grasses. 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 printed: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
Classification: Visual Arts

Type: screen prints

Topic: African diaspora; Art; Colonialism; Decolonization; Freedom; French colonialism; Men; Military; Resistance; Slavery; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2008.12.12

Usage: Usage conditions apply

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cba3d86c-005d-4d65-b2f4-e8b60e0ac3fa

L'Ouverture

Created by: Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
Subject of: Louverture, Toussaint, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
Printed by: Stovall, Lou, American, born 1937

Date: 1986

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 32 1/16 x 21 15/16 in. (81.5 x 55.8 cm)

Description: This silkscreen print is a left profile portrait of the general in deep red military regalia, trimmed in gold. He wears a matching red bicorn hat with a front medallion holding three white plumes. Shown from the chest up, against a forest green background, his face is turned slightly towards the viewer, part of his face in deep shadow. There is a wide white margin around the image, with the chop mark of the print shop, Workshop Inc., in the lower left corner.

Place printed: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
Classification: Visual Arts; Memorabilia and Ephemera

Type: screen prints; portraits

Topic: African diaspora; Art; Colonialism; Decolonization; Freedom; French colonialism; Men; Military; Resistance; Slavery; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2008.12.1

Usage: Usage conditions apply

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53049648e-539d-4eed-a49d-79662b9de5b8

The Burning

Created by: Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
Subject of: Louverture, Toussaint, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
Printed by: Stovall, Lou, American, born 1937

Date: 1997

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 21 15/16 x 32 1/16 in. (55.8 x 81.5 cm)

Description: This silkscreen print depicts a cluster of six houses on fire. The small white and brown houses are gathered at the top of a hill surrounded by tall grasses. Each house is topped with small yellow and red flames. The sky is a mottled grey. 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 printed: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
Classification: Visual Arts

Type: screen prints

Topic: African diaspora; Art; Colonialism; Decolonization; Freedom; French colonialism; Men; Military; Resistance; Slavery; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2008.12.14

Usage: Usage conditions apply

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd519dc398c-1f52-4072-8acf-18ffb55d4590

To Preserve Their Freedom

Created by: Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
Subject of: Louverture, Toussaint, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
Printed by: Stovall, Lou, American, born 1937

Date: 1988

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 22 x 32 1/16 in. (55.9 x 81.5 cm)

Description: This silkscreen print depicts five individuals shown running from right to left and carrying rifles. One man, wearing blue pants, turns back the way he came, raising his left hand with an object in it. A spray of red emanates from his chest. The five people are shown running through tall grasses. 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 printed: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Portfolio/Series: The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture
Classification: Visual Arts

Type: screen prints

Topic: African diaspora; Art; Colonialism; Decolonization; Freedom; French colonialism; Men; Military; Resistance; Slavery; Violence

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2008.12.6

Usage: Usage conditions apply

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5157dc76d-4d5a-4283-8a9e-131f2a09a2e4

Toussaint at Ennery

Created by: Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
Subject of: Louverture, Toussaint, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
Printed by: Stovall, Lou, American, born 1937

Date: 1989

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 22 x 32 1/16 in. (55.9 x 81.5 cm)

Description: This silkscreen print depicts ranks of soldiers mounted on horseback. Riding from left to right, the soldiers wear brown coats with long tails, tall blue hats, and long curved swords slung from their shoulders. The soldiers are arranged in a row of five across. The horses gallop through flames of various colors that flicker in the foreground. The image is surrounded by a wide white margin, with the chop mark of the print shop, Workshop Inc. in the lower left corner.