La servitude abolie [engraving]
1786
P&E L2004F84.1
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Title
La servitude abolie [engraving]
Variant Title
Bas reliefs de l'obelisque du Port Vendres
Published
[Paris] 1786
Description
2 prints on 1 sheet ; top print 13 x 19 cm. ; on single sheet 40 x 30 cm. [second print catalogued separately as P&E L2004F84.2]
Call Number
P&E L2004F84.1
Note
At top: "Bas reliefs de l'obelisque du Port Vendres."
Grateful servants stand outside a grand house as the Master, standing on the steps, appears to be freeing them. The following explaination is printed below the title: "Le roi sertant de son palais announce la liberté aux serfs de ses Etatu" In the lower right corner it reads: "Roussillon no. 6."
It is unclear what the allegorical meaning is in this etching. It may reflect the disappointment Lafayette had for the existance of slavery in America. While there were no "serfs" in France, Lafayette did release his servants from their formal obligations following his return from the American Revolution.
This etching appears on the same sheet with another etching, "L'Independance de l'Amerique," catalogued as P&E L2004F84.2. Both are part of a series of nine prints in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, that were commissioned as part of the design of obelisk celebrating the reign of Louis XVI, that was built in Port Vendres, France.
Digitized image available, see URL
Grateful servants stand outside a grand house as the Master, standing on the steps, appears to be freeing them. The following explaination is printed below the title: "Le roi sertant de son palais announce la liberté aux serfs de ses Etatu" In the lower right corner it reads: "Roussillon no. 6."
It is unclear what the allegorical meaning is in this etching. It may reflect the disappointment Lafayette had for the existance of slavery in America. While there were no "serfs" in France, Lafayette did release his servants from their formal obligations following his return from the American Revolution.
This etching appears on the same sheet with another etching, "L'Independance de l'Amerique," catalogued as P&E L2004F84.2. Both are part of a series of nine prints in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, that were commissioned as part of the design of obelisk celebrating the reign of Louis XVI, that was built in Port Vendres, France.
Digitized image available, see URL
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