<I>No. 17 John Brown remained a full winter in Canada, drilling Negroes for his coming raid on Harpers Ferry</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 John Brown with his back to the viewer holding a rifle in his proper left hand. Brown is standing in front of two rows of Black men wearing winter clothing, six men in the front row and five in the back row. Three men also hold rifles.
label: Description
content: On the front of the print, the artist wrote the series number and edition in the lower left corner [#17 9/60] 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: Canada, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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: 2023.39.26
objectType: label: Type
content: lithographs
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 (sheet): 18 1/2 × 25 1/2 in. (47 × 64.8 cm)