John Brown was found "Guilty of treason and murder in the 1st degree" and was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia on December 2, 1859 (Primary Title)
The Legend of John Brown (Series Title)

Jacob Lawrence, American, 1917 - 2000 (Artist)

1977
American
Works On Paper
Prints
screenprint on wove paper
Sheet: 25 3/4 × 20 in. (65.41 × 50.8 cm)
Image: 20 × 14 in. (50.8 × 35.56 cm)
2011.219.22
Not on view
Signed and dated in graphite beneath image lower right: Jacob Lawrence- 1977
Two blindstamps lower right corner
Inscribed in graphite beneath image lower left: #22 50/60
J. Harwood and Louise B. Cochrane Fund and partial gift of Derrick Johnson in honor of his grandson, Mark Devon Johnson, on the occasion of VMFA's 75th anniversary
© artist or artist’s estate

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