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English: Sic semper tyrannis ("thus always to tyrants") is the motto of the state of Virginia, whise flag is in the halo over Brown's head. "John Brown / Meeting the Slave Mother and her Child on the steps of Charlestown jail on his way to execution. The Artist has represented Capt. Brown regarding with a look of compassion, a Slave-mother and Child who obstructed the passage on his way to the Scaffold. Capt. Brown stooped and kissed the Child - then met his fate." Picture is intended to suggest a parallel with Christ on the way to his execution. Note Virgin Mary-like black mammy nursing a mulatto baby (see Children of the plantation). Currier and Ives print of 1863. Reproduces a lost painting by Louis Ransom, once held by Oberlin College

Medium: 1 print on wove paper : lithograph ; image 33 x 21.8 cm.

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under the digital ID pga.09212.
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Currier and Ives    wikidata:Q1144898
 
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Currier & Ives
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creator QS:P170,Q1144898
After Louis Liscolm Ransom  (1831–) wikidata:Q97603669
 
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Date of birth 1831 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q97603669

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"''Sic semper tyrannis''". John Brown leaving the Jefferson County jail on the way to his execution.

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current00:31, 16 March 2020Thumbnail for version as of 00:31, 16 March 2020766 × 1,024 (377 KB)DeisenbeLarger images from common domain source. From https://www.loc.gov/resource/pga.09212/
20:03, 14 March 2020Thumbnail for version as of 20:03, 14 March 2020352 × 497 (92 KB)DeisenbeUploaded a work by Louis Ransom from https://www.kshs.org/p/the-john-brown-legend-in-pictures-2/12849 with UploadWizard

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