Sale 218 Lot 139

TOMBEAU D'ALEXANDRE PETION: A MEMORIAL LITHOGRAPH A commemorative lithograph portrait of Alexandre Petion, first President of the Republic of Haiti, depicted in profile within an oval medallion crowned by "Liberte Egalite" and flanked by two uniformed soldiers standing guard beside classical columns. Below the portrait, inscribed "Il n'a jamais fait couler les larmes de personne" ("He never made anyone shed tears"), a detailed allegorical bas-relief frieze depicts personifications of Time, Liberty, and Justice around a sarcophagus inscribed "Aux manes d'Alexandre Petion," with an extended French dedication describing the memorial's iconography beneath. Unframed. Image: 16.5 x 13 inches; sheet: 20 x 15 inches
$150-200