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The rights of man. The liberty of the colonies

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Description: The rights of man. The liberty of the colonies
TitleThe rights of man. The liberty of the colonies
Creator nameUnknown
Creator nationality/cultureUnknown
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1791
Object typePrint
MaterialsColored engraving
DimensionsUnknown
LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des estampes, Paris
http:/­/­ark.bnf.fr/­ark:/­12148/­cb40253890k
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsEngraving, FrenchSlave trade in artSlavery in art
StatusFrench title: Les Droits de l'homme. La Liberté des Côlon
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Chapter 1: Black Revolution
Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby
Description: Extremities: Painting Empire in Post-Revolutionary France
Extremities: Painting Empire in Post-Revolutionary France
Endymion’s reclining face is eclipsed like a crescent moon,; offering less than a half view, crowned by oversized features which swell large, arching, and full, all lips, nostril, eyelid, and brow...
Author
Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2002 by Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby
Related print edition pages: pp.9-63
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00220.002
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20656&redirecttoanchor=58635
Chapter subject tags:Girodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis, 1767-1824Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804Belley, Jean-Baptiste, 1747-1805Slavery--Caribbean Area--HistoryPainting, French--19th centuryPortrait painting, French--19th centuryBlack people--Caribbean AreaAcademic art, French--19th centuryFrance--History--Revolution, 1789-1799David, Jacques Louis, 1748-1825Colonialism--France--HistoryRacially mixed people--Caribbean AreaPrints, French--19th centuryRaynal, abbé (Guillaume-Thomas-François), 1713-1796Benoist, Marie Guilhelmine, 1768-1826

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Description: Discussion concerning men of color (Discussion sur les hommes de couleur)
Discussion concerning men of color (Discussion sur les hommes de couleur)
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 03
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1791
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des estampes, Paris
Discussion concerning men of color...
Discussion concerning men of color (Discussion sur les hommes de couleur)
Description: Am I not your brother? (Ne suis-je pas ton frère?)
Am I not your brother? (Ne suis-je pas ton frère?)
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 03
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1788
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Am I not your brother? (Ne suis-je pas...
Am I not your brother? (Ne suis-je pas ton frère?)
Description: The Convention abolishes slavery in 1794
The Convention abolishes slavery in 1794
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 03
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1794
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des estampes, Paris
The Convention abolishes slavery in 1794
The Convention abolishes slavery in 1794
Description: What are you doing, my master. . . .What have I done to you? mercy . . . . mercy at...
What are you doing, my master. . . .What have I done to you? mercy . . . . mercy at least for my life, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator roleIllustrator
Creation date1770
Object typeIllustration
MaterialsEngraving
LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
What are you doing, my master. . . .What...
What are you doing, my master. . . .What have I done to you? mercy . . . . mercy at least for my life, detail
Description: What are you doing, my master. . . .What have I done to you? mercy . . . . Mercy at...
What are you doing, my master. . . .What have I done to you? mercy . . . . Mercy at least for my life
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creation date1770
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
What are you doing, my master. . . .What...
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Description: Mortals are equal. It is not birth, it is only virtue which makes a difference
Mortals are equal. It is not birth, it is only virtue which makes a difference
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 03
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1787
Object typePrint
MaterialsColored engraving
LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Cabinet des estampes, Paris
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Description: Slave Market
Slave Market
Posted by:John Carlson
May 16
Creator nationality/cultureAmerican
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1850–1860
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions29 3/4 x 39 1/2 in.
LocationCarnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
https://collection.cmoa.org/objects/055792d2-d0de-46fb-b12f-7f0d91d5ae34
Accession number58.4
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Slave Market
Description: Tobacco box
Tobacco box
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 03
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1794
Object typeContainer
MaterialsLacquered wood
Dimensions3 3/4 × 13/16 in. (26 × 33 cm)
LocationPrivate Collection
Tobacco box
Tobacco box

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