Haitian Metal Art Relief Portrait Plaque of General Georges Biassou
Haitian Metal Art Relief Portrait Plaque of General Georges Biassou
Haitian Metal Art Relief Portrait Plaque of General Georges Biassou
Haitian Metal Art Relief Portrait Plaque of General Georges Biassou
Haitian Metal Art Relief Portrait Plaque of General Georges Biassou
Haitian Metal Art Relief Portrait Plaque of General Georges Biassou
Haitian Metal Art Relief Portrait Plaque of General Georges Biassou
Haitian Metal Art Relief Portrait Plaque of General Georges Biassou
Haitian Metal Art Relief Portrait Plaque of General Georges Biassou

Haitian Metal Art Relief Portrait Plaque of General Georges Biassou

Regular price $250

A hand-hammered Haitian folk art relief portrait plaque depicting General Georges Biassou.  

 

Biassou was a leader in the slave uprising in Saint-Domingue that started the Haitian Revolution.  He later moved to Florida and has a history there, particularly in St. Augustine where he put together a small black militia at Fort Matanzas to guard the Spanish territories.  This plaque commemorates this at the bottom, “Commander of Fort Matanzas, St. Augustine FL, 1796-1801.”  

 

It is signed illegibly.  

 

20 inches wide by 10 inches tall

 

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Haitian Metal Art Relief Portrait Plaque of General Georges Biassou
Haitian Metal Art Relief Portrait Plaque of General Georges Biassou
Haitian Metal Art Relief Portrait Plaque of General Georges Biassou
Haitian Metal Art Relief Portrait Plaque of General Georges Biassou
Haitian Metal Art Relief Portrait Plaque of General Georges Biassou
Haitian Metal Art Relief Portrait Plaque of General Georges Biassou
Haitian Metal Art Relief Portrait Plaque of General Georges Biassou