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Portrait of John Brown by American John Brown, Scottish Alexander Gardner — VisualArtsDB

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Gelatin silver print
Portrait of John Brown

Portrait of John Brown

Portrait of John Brown

American John Brown Scottish Alexander Gardner

1880

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on cardboard
Genre: Gelatin silver print
Museum: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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gelatin silver prints

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AntislaveryphotographyAnti-slavery movementsU.S. History, 1815-1861

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This unusually large image of the renowned leader of the insurrection at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1858 is inscribed, “John Brown, Hero of Harpers Ferry. ‘His Soul goes marching on.’"

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