"The last moments of John Brown"
Executed #otd by the state of Virginia, 1859
Executed #otd by the state of Virginia, 1859
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Frederick Douglass wrote of Brown, "His zeal in the cause of my race was far greater than mine…I could live for the slave, but he could die for him."
https://soundcloud.com/hillipsand/glory-glory-john-brown-tribute
It doesn't appear in the c. 1884 painting by Thomas Hovenden on which the print is based.
Visual pairings of Lincoln and Brown were not uncommon after the Civil War: for example, this image, of Baltimore's May 1870 celebration of the 15th Amendment. 🗃️
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11160