John Brown

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

A color linocut in green and black depicting the face of abolitionist John Brown appearing above the images of four other figures. Brown appears at top center, with two standing male figures appearing directly below. One holds an object in his proper right hand and the other stands directly behind the first. The faces of two additional figures, a woman in profile and a third man, appear in the lower left corner. The background of the print is dense and multilayered with numerous small linear lines adding shading and multiple textures. The title of the print [John Brown] is written in pencil on the bottom left corner underneath the image with [a/p] written on the bottom center. The print is signed on the bottom right corner in pencil: [James L. Wells @ ‘40].

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