No. 4 His adventures failing him, he accepted poverty.

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A screen print from the series “The Legend of John Brown” by Jacob Lawrence. The print depicts John Brown, dressed in black, sitting at a table with his back to the viewer. His head is lowered and in his hands. A lamp and black hat are on the tabletop. On the wall in front of Brown is a black cross and a blue-and-dark green picture in an oval frame. On the front of the print, the artist wrote the series number and edition in the lower left corner [#4 51/60] and signed and dated in the lower right corner [Jacob Lawrence 1977].

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