The Legend of John Brown
Artist/Maker
Jacob Lawrence
(United States, 1917-2000)
Date1977
MediumSilk screen prints on Domestic Etching paper, through hand‐cut film stencils
DimensionsImage: 14 × 20 in. (35.6 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 25 7/8 in. (50.8 × 65.7 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 25 7/8 in. (50.8 × 65.7 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Kathryn Primas, A.B. '99
Object number2020.3.16
DescriptionIn spite of a price on his head, John Brown, in 1859, liberated 12 Negroes from Missouri plantations.On View
Not on view
