No. 18 July 3, 1859, John Brown stocked an old barn with guns and ammunitions. He was ready to strike his first blow at slavery.
Object Details
- Description
- A screen print from the series “The Legend of John Brown” by Jacob Lawrence. The print depicts a black room with several guns, ammunition, and other weapons in it. There is a grey ladder on the left side that extends to an open window at the top, peering into the light blue sky.
- On the front of the print, the artist wrote the series number and edition in the lower left corner [#18 51/60] and signed and dated in the lower right corner [Jacob Lawrence 1977].
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- 1977
- Object number
- 2007.6.1.18
- Created by
- Jacob Lawrence, American, 1917 - 2000
- Printed by
- Ives-Sillman, Inc., American, founded 1966
- Subject of
- John Brown, American, 1800 - 1859
- Restrictions & Rights
- © 2015 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- screen prints
- Medium
- printing ink on printing paper
- Dimensions
- 20 x 25 in. (50.8 x 63.5 cm)
- Place printed
- New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- The Legend of John Brown
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Topic
- African American
- Antislavery
- Art
- Resistance
- Slavery
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2007.6.1.18
