silver print

Silver print; photographed by Carleton Mitchell; the Royal Palace of Sans Souci; Haiti; near the village of Milot; April 1947; handwritten and rubberstamped on reverse "Credit/ Carleton Mitchell/ crop right/ 3 7/8"/ On what was once the formal terrace of the Royal Palace of/ Sans Souci, a battered statue surveys the ruins of the most/ extraordinary residence in the West Indies. Built by the Emperor Henri I, Christophe, to rival Versailles, there is/ still an aura of dignity and majesty.".