5912007 A F礙te on a Plantation in Saint-Domingue, 1796 (oil on panel) by Bourgoin, Fran癟ois-Jules (fl.1796-1817); 63x92 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Saint-Domingue was a French colony on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola from 1659 to 1804, in what is now Haiti; By the 1780s, Saint-Domingue produced about 40 percent of all the sugar and 60 percent of all the coffee consumed in Europe. This single colony produced more sugar and coffee than all of the British West Indies colonies combined, generating enormous revenue for the French government and enhancing its power.); Photo by Christie\'s Images.