<I>No. 13 John Brown, after long meditation, planned to fortify himself somewhere in the mountains of Virginia or Tennessee and there make raids on the surrounding plantations, freeing slaves</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1977
name: label: Created by
content: Jacob Lawrence, American, 1917 - 2000
label: Subject of
content: John Brown, American, 1800 - 1859
label: Printed by
content: Ives-Sillman, Inc., American, founded 1966
notes: label: Description
content: A screen print from the series “The Legend of John Brown" by Jacob Lawrence. The print depicts Brown sitting at a table, a map and a lantern in front of him. On the proper left side of the table is a chair with a black book and red text block. Objects hang on the walls behind Brown. To the proper left, on the green wall, is a black cross. To the proper right, on the brown wall, a rifle and other weapons.
label: Description
content: On the front of the print, the artist wrote the series number and edition in the lower left corner [#13 12/60] and signed and dated in the lower right corner [Jacob Lawrence 1977].
place: label: Place printed
content: New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: The Legend of John Brown
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Movement
content: Abolitionist movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Carroll Parrott Blue
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.39.25
objectType: label: Type
content: screen prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of Jacob Lawrence
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: printing ink on printing paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 14 × 20 in. (35.6 × 50.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (paper): 18 1/2 × 25 1/2 in. (47 × 64.8 cm)