| Contributor |
Noble, Thomas Satterwhite, 1835-1907, artist. |
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Noble, Thomas Satterwhite, 1835-1907, artist. |
| Title |
Martyrdom of John Brown. [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[United States] : [publisher not identified] |
| Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1867 |
| Date |
[ca. 1867] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 63 x 48 cm (25 x 18.75 in.) |
| Description |
Print depicting the fictitious blessing of an enslaved African American baby by the radical abolitionist on his walk to the
gallows in December 1859. Shows Brown in front of his Charles Town, Virginia cell, flanked by guards carrying rifles and swords.
An African American woman kneels before him and holds her baby up while Brown lays his hand on the baby’s head. Spectators
surround them, including white women and veterans, one with his arm in a sling. In the right, an African American woman nanny
wraps her arms around her two well-dressed white boy charges.
|
| Notes |
Title from original painting "John Brown's Blessing" completed in 1867 by Southern historical and genre painter Thomas Satterwhite
Noble in the collections of the New York Historical Society.
|
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Purchase 1968. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
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Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom
Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
|
| Subject |
Brown, John, 1800-1859 -- Portraits. |
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Abolitionists -- United States. |
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African American caregivers -- West Virginia -- Charles Town. |
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African American infants -- West Virginia -- Charles Town. |
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African American mothers -- West Virginia -- Charles Town. |
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African American women -- West Virginia -- Charles Town. |
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Benedictions. |
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Boys -- West Virginia -- Charles Town. |
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Mothers & children -- West Virginia -- Charles Town. |
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Nannies (Children's nurses) |
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Prison guards -- West Virginia -- Charles Town. |
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Enslaved persons -- West Virginia -- Charles Town. |
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Spectators -- West Virginia -- Charles Town. |
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Enslaved babies -- West Virginia -- Charles Town. |
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Enslaved women -- West Virginia -- Charles Town. |
| Genre |
Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870. |
|
Portrait prints -- 1860-1870. |
| Illustrator |
Noble, Thomas Satterwhite, 1835-1907, artist. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **Portrait Prints-B [7777.F] |
| Accession number |
7777.F |
