Portrait of John Brown

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This unusually large image of the renowned leader of the insurrection at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1858 is inscribed, “John Brown, Hero of Harpers Ferry. ‘His Soul goes marching on.’" A sepia toned portrait of John Brown in a black bordered, oval shaped mat. The inked inscription in red and green reads: John Brown, Hero of Harpers Ferry. "His Soul goes marching on.".

Catalog date

ca. 1859

Recorded places

Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Antislavery; Photography; Slavery; U.S. History, 1815-1861

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