Harriet Tubman series, panel 29

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Title Harriet Tubman series, panel 29
Creator Jacob Lawrence
Creator Nationality American
Style Period 20th Century Art; Modern Art
Description She nursed the Union soldiers and knew how, when they were dying by large numbers of some malignant disease, with cunning skill to extract a healing draught from roots and herbs that grew near the source of the disease, thus allaying the fever and restoring soldiers to health.
Subject African American Art; Harlem Renaissance; History
Creation Date 1938 - 1940 CE
Form painting
Medium casein tempera on hardboard
Dimensions 17-7/8 x 12 in.
Repository Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA (United States)
Source Jacob Lawrence: The Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman series of 1938-40. Ellen Hawkins Wheat. Hampton University Museum and University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1991.
Work ID 24566
Rights In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
ARK ark:/87278/s6jh7tnr
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 1369294
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jh7tnr
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