No. 17 John Brown remained a full winter in Canada, drilling Negroes for his coming raid on Harpers Ferry
- Created by
- Lawrence, Jacob, American, 1917 - 2000
- Subject of
- Brown, John, American, 1800 - 1859
- Printed by
- Ives-Sillman, Inc., American, founded 1966
- Date
- 1977
- Medium
- printing ink on printing paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 14 × 20 in. (35.6 × 50.8 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 18 1/2 × 25 1/2 in. (47 × 64.8 cm)
- Description
- A screen print from the series “The Legend of John Brown” by Jacob Lawrence. The print depicts John Brown with his back to the viewer holding a rifle in his proper left hand. Brown is standing in front of two rows of Black men wearing winter clothing, six men in the front row and five in the back row. Three men also hold rifles.
- On the front of the print, the artist wrote the series number and edition in the lower left corner [#17 9/60] and signed and dated in the lower right corner [Jacob Lawrence 1977].
- Place printed
- New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
- Place captured
- Canada, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- The Legend of John Brown
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Movement
- Abolitionist movement
- Type
- lithographs
- Topic
- Art
- Resistance
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of Carroll Parrott Blue
- Object number
- 2023.39.26
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Estate of Jacob Lawrence
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




