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Brown Going to Court

Brown Going to Court

Pencil drawing of several men in coats and hats, escorting a prisoner and a man on a stretcher.
Attributed to Albert Berghaus (active 1869-1880), Brown Going to Court. Pencil drawing and grey wash on wove paper. Charles Town, West Virginia, 1859. Rosenbach Museum & Library, 1981.0006

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is part of: Trial by Fire: John Brown and Harpers Ferry
contributing repository:
title: Brown Going to Court
date(s) created: 1859
creator(s): Attributed to Berghaus, Albert (active 1869-1880)
language: English
subjects: Abolitionists; Newspaper court reporting; Courtroom art; Civil War, 1861-1865; John Brown’s Raid, 1859
identifier (local): 1981.0006
link to item in repository’s digital library: https://rosenbach.catalogaccess.com/objects/4300
rights: This work is not in copyright, but commercial uses of this digital representation are limited. Contact the contributing repository for more information.