Title |
Harriet Tubman series, panel 15 |
Creator |
Jacob Lawrence |
Creator Nationality |
American |
Style Period |
20th Century Art; Modern Art |
Description |
In the North, Harriet Tubman worked hard. All her wages she laid away for the purpose of liberating her people, and as soon as a sufficient amount was secured she disappeared from her Northern home, and as mysteriously appeared one dark night at the door of one of the cabins on the plantation, where a group of trembling fugitives was waiting. Then she piloted them North, traveling by night, hiding by day, scaling the mountains, wading the rivers, threading the forests - she, carrying the babies, drugged with paregoric. So she went, nineteen times liberating over 300 pieces of living, breathing "property." |
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 |
24552 |
Rights |
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6c00dhm |
Setname |
uu_aah_art |
ID |
1369280 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c00dhm |