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John Brown – Antique Wall Art

John Brown, c1899. — historic photograph
John Brown, c1899.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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This rare historic photograph captures John Brown in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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John Brown, the abolitionist who led the 1859 raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, is the subject of this portrait, which was issued decades after his death. The print is a photomechanical reproduction from about 1899, a process that let publishers turn photographs into inexpensive plates for books and magazines, and it reproduces a portrait type from the 1850s. Its copyright notice names Small, Maynard, & Company, a Boston publisher of the period. Brown was hanged for treason in December 1859, and by the late 1890s his image had become a symbol in debates over slavery and the Civil War.

Created / publishedc1899.
Medium1 photomechanical print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1850-1860 Reproductions.Photomechanical prints 1890-1900.
NotesCopyright by Small, Maynard, & Company.
SubjectsBrown, John,--1800-1859.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,284 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-183025

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