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Creator E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (Firm)
Title John Brown. Leader of the Harper's Ferry insurrection. [graphic].
Publisher New York : E.B. & E.C. Kellogg, 87 Fulton St. ; Hartford : 245 Main St
Publisher CONN. Hartford. 1859
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1859
Date [ca. 1859]
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 63 x 48 cm (25 x 18.75 in.)
Description Full-length portrait depicting the radical abolitionist with a beard and attired in a white collared shirt, a black waistcoat, a black jacket, and pants. He sits in a chair beside a small table and holds an edition of the "New York Tribune," an abolitionist newspaper, in his right hand. Also shows a map of "Kanzas" adorning the wall in the background to symbolize the controversial extension of slavery.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from content.
The Kellogg Firm, brothers Edmund Burke and Elijah Chapman, was a prolific New England lithographic firm that nearly rivaled Currier & Ives in the production of popular prints.
Reaccessioned as P.8911.60.
Purchase 1969.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
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.
Abolitionists -- United States.
Newspapers -- United States.
Slavery -- United States -- Extension to the territories.
Geographic subject Kansas -- Politics and government -- 1854-1861.
Genre Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Portrait prints -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Portrait Prints-B [7809.F]
Accession number 7809.F