TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE, GENERAL EN CHEF A ST. DOMINGUE: ENGRAVING BY FRANCOIS BONNEVILLEcirca 1802 Oval-format engraving depicts Toussaint L'Ouverture, the celebrated general who led Haiti's fight for freedom, shown in half-length military portrait. He wears an elaborate plumed bicorne hat and a richly decorated general's coat with a wide sash bearing star emblems, evoking his rank as commander-in-chief. The caption beneath the oval reads "Toussaint Louverture, General en Chef a St. Domingue," and the plate is signed "Bonneville del. et sculp.," meaning the artist both drew and engraved the piece himself. This is one of the earliest and most widely circulated European portraits of L'Ouverture, produced in Paris around 1802. Unframed. Laid down. 6 x 3.5 inches $120-160
