John Brown made many trips to Canada organizing for his assault on Harpers Ferry, 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

2000.108.15

Signed, lower right: Jacob Lawrence 1977

Inscribed in pencil, lower left: #15 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 made many trips to Canada organizing for his assault on Harpers Ferry, between 1974 and 1977, screenprint printed in color on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Commissioned by Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts, 1978, 2000.108.15.