The Resurrection of Henry Box Brown print
Permanent ID:
14022Image Description:
This print is mounted onto cardboard, and it is faded and discolored. There is a partial sticker on the back of F. Gutekunst, Photographer, 712 Arch Street, Philadelphia, who may have made the print. There is a white "ring" around the image indication that it may have been in a frame at some point. It looks as though the image might have been produced by Peter Kramer, whose name appears bottom left. It is dificult to make out the publisher's name bottom right. Further information on a similar peice can be found on the website of the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/item/2004665363/.Inscription:
THE RESURRECTION OF HENRY BOX BROWN, who escaped from Richmond, Va., in a box 3 feet long, 2 1/2 feet deep, and 2 feet wideFormat:
PrintsDimensions:
Width: 26.3 cm, Height: 20.9 cm (image)Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania portrait collectionRelated Person or Organization:
Henry [Box] Brown, about 1815-1879 (depicted)Library of Congress Subjects:
Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816- [info:lc/authorities/names/n2014029210]