John Brown held Harpers Ferry for 12 hours; his defeat was a few hours off, between 1974 and 1977

  • Ives-Sillman, Inc., American, founded 1958
  • Jacob Lawrence, American, 1917-2000
  • Sirocco Screenprinters, American

Screenprint printed in color on wove paper

  • Overall: 20 × 14 inches (50.8 × 35.6 cm)

Commissioned by Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts, 1978

2000.108.20

Signed, lower right: Jacob Lawrence 1977

Inscribed in pencil, lower left: #20 H.C. I/XX Signed and dated in pencil, lower right: Jacob Lawrence 1977

2000-present, found in collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc., John Brown held Harpers Ferry for 12 hours; his defeat was a few hours off, between 1974 and 1977, screenprint printed in color on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Commissioned by Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts, 1978, 2000.108.20.