- Created by
- Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
- Subject of
- Louverture, Toussaint, Haitian, 1743 - 1803
- Printed by
- Stovall, Lou, American, 1937 - 2023
- 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. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




