John Brown Meets a Slave Mother and Her Child
This painting by Louis Ransom was issued as a lithograph during the Civil War by Currier & Ives. It depicts John Brown compassionately greeting a slave-mother and her child on the steps of Charleston jail on his way to execution. A statue of justice, with its arms and scales broken, stands forgotten behind the railing at left.
- Date:
- 1863 circa 5 years
- Original Format:
- Photographic Print
- Item#:
- 1860.0147
- Height:
- 2423px
- Width:
- 1827px
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