House in which John Brown's pikes were found – Historic Reproduction
(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.)
Description
House in which John Brown's pikes were found comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
House in which John Brown's pikes were found
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
The engraving shows the farmhouse where pikes, long steel-tipped spears meant to arm followers of abolitionist John Brown, were discovered in 1859. Brown and his men had stored weapons there while they prepared their raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in October of that year. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper published the wood engraving in its November 26, 1859, issue, a few days before Brown was executed in early December. Newspapers of the period relied on engravings like this one to show readers places tied to breaking news, since photographs could not yet be reproduced on the printed page.
| Created / published | 1859 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Title and other information transcribed from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 8, no. 208 (1859 Nov. 26), p. 407. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; B.I.; Hist., U.S.--1859. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,313 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150236 |
More from the Historic Print Archive collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
