John Brown

1949

Not on view

Here, White depicts one of the most compelling and controversial figures in nineteenth-century American history, John Brown (1800–1859), who devoted his life to opposing slavery, particularly its 1850s expansion into the Kansas Territory, in battles presaging the Civil War. In 1859, Brown and his followers attempted a raid on a federal armory in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, which led to his hanging for treason.

Artwork Details

Title: John Brown
Artist: Charles Wilbert White (American, Chicago, Illinois 1918–1979 Los Angeles, California)
Date: 1949
Medium: Lithograph
Dimensions: 18 7/8 × 15 3/4 in. (47.9 × 40 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 1999
Object Number: 1999.529.184
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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