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- GLC#
- GLC00737
- Type
- Images
- Date
- 1885
- Author/Creator
- Hovenden, Thomas, 1840-1895
- Title
- The last moments of John Brown
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 1 print Height: 82 cm, Width: 68 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson Slavery & Anti-slavery
Etching on vellum, based on Hovenden's 1884 painting depicting John Brown kissing a black baby while on his way to the gallows. The painting was based on an incident reported in the New York Tribune, that later proved to be apocryphal. Printed by George Gebbie.
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