Pick of the week: Haitian hero rides into the New York Met
A drawing of Toussaint Louverture (c.1743-1803), a leader of the Haitian Revolution, has sold from London’s Nonesuch Gallery to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
The detailed ink and wash drawing, 8½ x 11½in (22 x 29cm), is a preparatory sketch for an engravin…