Harper's Ferry insurrection - the battle ground - Captain Alberts' party attacking the insurgents - view of the railroad bridge, the engine-house, and the village / from a sketch by our special artist. – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Harper's Ferry insurrection - the battle ground - Captain Alberts' party attacking the insurgents - view of the railroad bridge, the engine-house, and the village / from a sketch by our special artist.
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This wood engraving shows the fighting at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, with the railroad bridge, the armory's engine house, and the village laid out in one view as Captain Alberts' party moves against the insurgents. John Brown and his followers had seized the federal armory in October 1859, hoping to arm enslaved people in the region, and the engine house became their last stronghold before it was stormed. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper ran the picture on November 5, 1859, two weeks after the raid. Because the paper relied on sketches sent by its artists rather than photographs, the scene reflects an eyewitness's view of the action as it was reported at the time.
| Created / published | 1859 Nov. 5. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1850-1860.Wood engravings 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1859 Nov. 5, p. 358. |
| Subjects | Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--John Brown's Raid, 1859. Abolitionists--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,296 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-191619 |
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