Harriet Tubman series, panel 22

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Title Harriet Tubman series, panel 22
Creator Jacob Lawrence
Creator Nationality American
Style Period 20th Century Art; Modern Art
Description Harriet Tubman, after a very trying trip North in which she had hidden her cargo by day and had traveled by boat, wagon, and foot at night, reached Wilmington, where she met Thomas Garrett, a Quaker who operated an Underground Railroad station. Here, she and fugitives were fed and clothed and sent on their way.
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 24559
Rights In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
ARK ark:/87278/s6fr443n
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 1369287
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fr443n
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