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John Brown Going to His Hanging, (painting). Artist:  Pippin, Horace, 1888-1946, painter. Title:  John Brown Going to His Hanging, (painting). Dates:  1942. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  24 18 x 30 1/4 in. Description:  Winter landscape scene depicting abolitionist John Brown, his arms bound with rope, as he rides in the back of a horse-drawn wagon, while crowds gather along the road to watch him pass by on the way to his hanging. In the lower right corner an African-American woman turns away, refusing to watch. Subject:  Portrait male -- Brown, John -- Full length Occupation -- Other -- Reformer Figure group Ethnic -- African American Architecture -- Vehicle -- Wagon History -- United States -- Black History Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad & Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102 Accession Number: 1943.11 References:  Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805-2005: 200 Years of Excellence," Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2005, pg. 242. "Represent: 200 Years of African American Art in the Philadelphia Museum of Art," Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, 2014, fig. 33. Illustration:  Image on file. Antiques (Mar. 1982): pg. 705. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805-2005: 200 Years of Excellence," Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2005, pg. 242. "Represent: 200 Years of African American Art in the Philadelphia Museum of Art," Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, 2014, pg. 64.. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 46120961   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 46120961 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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