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2024-06-01 12:12:21

Tarnport on Nostr: The 18 painted waistcoat buttons of Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803) featuring scenes ...

The 18 painted waistcoat buttons of Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803) featuring scenes by Agostino Brunias (1730-1896).

I just found out there was an important lecture by Dr. Anne Lafont on this topic in Dec. 2022 at Newcomb/Tulane. I'm looking for more info or a transcript. The story of these artifacts covers so much all at once: history, art, race, & revolution. Here's a lightweight highly romanticized overview, but oddly without any photos of the buttons:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-mystery-in-miniature-175686099/

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