Canvas Print: Resurrection Of Henry Box Brown At Philadelphia, 1850

Description: Proudly made in the USA, this canvas print arrives ready to hang. All of our canvas prints are gallery-wrapped, i.e. the canvas image is hand-stretched over a sturdy wood frame and stapled on rear for permanent mounting. The heavy-duty frame is made with 1.5-inch wood cross bars throughout, creating a striking three-dimensional piece of artwork.About this image...Title: The Resurrection Of Henry Box Brown At Philadelphia, Who Escaped From Richmond Va. In A Box 3 Feet Long 2 1/2 Ft. Deep And 2 Ft Wide, 1850Summary: A somewhat comic yet sympathetic portrayal of the culminating episode in the flight of slave Henry Brown "who escaped from Richmond Va. in a Box 3 feet long, 2-1/2 ft. deep and 2 ft. wide." In the office of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, the young Brown emerges from a crate as several figures, including Frederick Douglass (holding a claw hammer at left) look on. Details of Brown's escape, whereby he had himself shipped via Adams Express from Richmond to Philadelphia, were widely publicized in a narrative of his ordeal published under his own name in 1849. The box itself became an abolitionist metaphor for the inhumanity and spiritual suffocation of slavery. It is shown on an undated broadside published in Boston (Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Broadside Collection, portfolio 65, no. 16).Notes: A similar lithograph with the same title, giving a slightly different version of the scene, was drawn on stone by Peter Kramer and printed by Thomas Sinclair of Philadelphia. (An impression is in the collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia.)Original Date: 1850.Related Names: Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816-Subject: Abolitionism and abolitionistsSubject: African Americans (portrayed)Subject: Brown, Henry "Box"Subject: Douglass, FrederickSubject: Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery SocietySubject: PhiladelphiaSubject: Richmond, VaSubject: Slaves and slaveryCollection: Cartoon Prints, American. This assemblage of prints made in America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries encompasses several forms of political art.Collection: Popular Graphic ArtsThe shipping charge for ClassicPix canvas prints is $9.95 USD for the first print and $4.00 USD for each additional print. All canvas prints are shipped via UPS Ground service and are carefully packed inside a sturdy box for maximum protection.

Price: 43.39 USD

Location: Lakewood, OH

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