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A rare find!!
An intimate portrait of the first king of independent Haïti, Henri Ferdinand Christophe along with his wife And daughter circa 1811.
Henri Ferdinand Christophe along with his wife And daughter circa 1811
– by an unknown artist of the Haitian school, circa 1811, Portrait of King Henri Christophe with his wife and daughter.
Henri Christophe (1767-1820), reigned after the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) that ended both slavery and French colonial rule on the Caribbean island. Christophe is shown in this beautifully rendered painting with his wife and daughter, his hand tucked into his jacket just like Napoleon, after whom he styled himself. King Henri was of Igbo ancestry.
–legacy brothers
Image courtesy by Caroline Rennolds Milbank aka jupeculotte
The New York Times
nytimes.com/2018/01/18/arts/winter-antiques-show
This painting above of the first King of Haiti along with his wife and daughter was displayed at the Winter Antiques Show.
America’s leading art, antiques and design fair • January 19-28 • Opening Night Party: January 18 is exhibiting an early-19th-century portrait by an unknown painter of the Haitian president Henri Christophe (1767-1820), who reigned after the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) that ended both slavery and French colonial rule on the Caribbean island. Christophe is shown in this beautifully rendered painting with his wife and daughter, his hand tucked into his jacket just like Napoleon, after whom he styled himself.
-Alexander Gallery
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