Title
Captain Marcus Rainsford with a private soldier of the Black Army, 1805. Artist: John Barlow
Caption
Captain Marcus Rainsford with a private soldier of the Black Army, 1805. A British Army officer, Rainsford was in Saint Domingue when the colony's slave population revolted and overthrew the French, establishing the independent nation of Haiti. Frontispiece print from An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti, Rainsford's account of the events, published in 1805.
Date
1805
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Art Media
Reference
HRM19C05_236
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
50,2Mb (2,5Mb) / 12,2in x 16,0in / 3645 x 4812 (300dpi)