"Tragic Prelude" - 1940 - John Steuart Curry - Kansas State Capitol Building 

John Brown's Trial at Charleston, VA - 1923 - David C. Lithgow

John Brown - 1949 - Charles White
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John Brown - 1953 - William Gropper
© The Estate of William Gropper 

The Trial Of John Brown - 1942 - Horace Pippin

John Brown Going to His Hanging - 1942 - Horace Pippin

Harper's Ferry insurrection - The U.S. Marines storming the engine house - Insurgents firing through holes in the doors -
Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 8, no. 204, 1859 October 29th, page 342.

Harper's Ferry insurrection - the battle ground - Cpt. Alberts' party attacking the insurgents - view of the railroad bridge, the engine-house, and the village - Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1859 November 5th, page 358. 

Harper's Ferry insurrection - burying the dead insurgents - Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1859 November 5th, page 351. 

Harper's Ferry insurrection - Interior of the Engine-House, just before the gate is broken down by the storming party - Col. Washington and his associates as captives, held by Brown as hostages - Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 8, no. 205, 1859 November 5th, page. 359.

John Brown Meeting Slave Mother and Her Child on the Steps of Charleston Jail on His Way to Execution - 1863 - Currier & Ives 

"Marching on!"- The 55th Massachusetts Colored Regiment singing John Brown's March in the streets of Charleston, February 21, 1865 

John Brown - The Martyr - 1870 - Currier & Ives

The Last Moments of John Brown - 1884 - Thomas Hovenden 

John Brown's Death Warrant - 1906 - E. Avey

John Brown Bust - 1870 - Joseph-Charles de Blezer -National Portrait Gallery 

John Brown Bust - 1860 - Edward Augustus Brackett - Tufts University

John Brown Bust - 1876 - Edmonia Lewis 

John Brown Bust - 1873 - Charles Calvary
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c. 1934 - John Fite Waters - Osawatomie, KS

c. 1911 - N/A - Quindaro, KS

c. 1935 - Joseph P. Pollia - Lake Placid, NY

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