John Brown addressing the Concord assembly (with Thoreau and Emerson in attendance)
This painting depicts an actual event in American history. In 1857 the controversial anti-slavery warrior, John Brown, lectured on the abolition of slavery at an assembly in Concord, Massachusetts - the home of both Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. The event proved to be a turning point in Thoreau and Emerson's lives, the anti-slavery movement and the nation as a whole. With his speech, Brown was able to convince the previously pacifistic authors that only through violence could the nation be rid of slavery. Newly inspired, the two men then introduced Brown to wealthy backers that would fund his violent campaigns. Thoreau strongly defended Brown up to and following his death after his failed raid on Harper's Ferry (an event that nudged the nation closer to Civil War), even penning his own Concord lecture "A Plea for Captain John Brown".
In this painting, I sought to capture the passion and deep conviction that Brown must have exuded to make such a lasting impression on two of that era's greatest minds and change the course of a nation.
-- INCLUDES --
* One original painting, unframed
* Signed and dated on the back
-- MATERIALS --
* Latex paint on canvas
* All materials are archival
* Measures 43"W x 55"H x 2"D (109.22 x 139.7 x 5.08 cm)
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-- DETAILS --
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* Sample display image is not exactly to scale