The Magnet and the Iron: John Brown and George L. Stearns

1. John Brown with Beard

Date:: 1858
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Exhibit Tags:: Library of Congress John Brown photographs

2. John Brown

Date:: 1860
Attribution Statement:: Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown Edward Augustus Brackett Stearns Estate sculptures Tufts University Permanent Collection

3. John Brown (mural), 1939

Date:: 1939
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1950
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown paintings Metropolitan Museum of Art

4. 3D-Scanning of the Damaged Bust of John Brown

Date:: 2016
Attribution Statement:: Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown Tufts University Tufts University Permanent Collection Edward Augustus Brackett sculptures photographs

5. John Brown's Song

Date:: 1861
Attribution Statement:: Image from Wikimedia Commons
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown Civil War broadsides Wikimedia Commons music publications

6. John Brown Daguerreotype

Date:: 1846-1847
Attribution Statement:: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; purchased with major acquisition funds and with funds donated by Betty Adler Schermer in honor of her great-grandfather, August M. Bondi
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown photographs Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery

7. The Hanging of John Brown (Hugo)

Date:: 1860
Attribution Statement:: From John Brown by Victor Hugo, 1860.
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown Victor Hugo drawings publications

11. Bust of John Brown, Missing Nose and Eyebrow

Date:: 1860 | 2016
Attribution Statement:: Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown sculptures Tufts University Tufts University Permanent Collection Edward Augustus Brackett

12. Letter from John Brown to George L. Stearns, August 10, 1857

Date:: 1857
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown George L. Stearns Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery letters documents Iowa Boston

13. Cabinet Card of John Brown Bust (A.C. Russell)

Attribution Statement:: Image courtesy of the West Virginia State Archives, John Brown/Boyd B. Stutler Collection
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown George L. Stearns West Virginia State Archives drawings

14. The Last Moments of John Brown (Hovenden)

Date:: 1882-1884
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stoeckel, 1897
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown Metropolitan Museum of Art paintings West Virginia

15. John Brown Bust Cabinet Card (Warren)

Date:: Ca. 1882
Attribution Statement:: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Photography Collection, The New York Public Library
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown photographs Edward Augustus Brackett Mary E. Stearns sculptures Cambridge

16. Bust of John Brown, Blue Nose

Date:: 2016
Attribution Statement:: Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown Tufts University Tufts University Permanent Collection sculptures Edward Augustus Brackett photographs

17. 3D-Scanning the Busts of John Brown

Date:: 2016
Attribution Statement:: Image courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Collection
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown Tufts University Tufts University Permanent Collection Edward Augustus Brackett sculptures photographs

18. John Brown Bust Cabinet Card (Litchfield Studios)

Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of anonymous. Used by permission.
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown Edward Augustus Brackett George L. Stearns photographs sculptures Mary E. Stearns Arlington

19. Letter from John Brown to Mary E. Stearns, 1859 November 29

Date:: 1859
Attribution Statement:: Image courtesy of the West Virginia State Archives, John Brown/Boyd B. Stutler Collection
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown letters documents Mary E. Stearns West Virginia

20. Letter from Lydia Maria Child to John Brown, October 26, 1859

Date:: 1859
Attribution Statement:: Image courtesy of kansasmemory.org, Kansas State Historical Society, Copy and Reuse Restrictions Apply
Exhibit Tags:: Kansas State Historical Society Lydia Maria Child John Brown letters documents Wayland West Virginia

21. 1937 Inventory of Tufts College Sculptures

Date:: 1937
Attribution Statement:: Tufts University Permanent Collection
Exhibit Tags:: documents Tufts University Permanent Collection sculptures John Brown George L. Stearns Tufts University

22. "Brackett's Bust of John Brown" by Lydia Maria Child, New York Tribune, 11 Feburary 1860

Date:: 1860
Exhibit Tags:: publications Lydia Maria Child New York Tribune Edward Augustus Brackett John Brown

23. John Brown's Northern Supporters (Secret Six)

Date:: 1862
Attribution Statement:: Image courtesy of the West Virginia State Archives, John Brown/Boyd B. Stutler Collection.
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown George L. Stearns Franklin Sanborn Samuel Gridley Howe Thomas Wentworth Higginson Gerrit Smith West Virginia West Virginia State Archives photographs

24. John Brown's Hair, Given to Mary E. Stearns

Date:: 1859
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum
Exhibit Tags:: John Brown objects Mary E. Stearns documents Medford Historical Society and Museum

25. Pike, Possibly Used at Harpers Ferry

Date:: C. 1857
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum
Exhibit Tags:: objects John Brown George L. Stearns Medford Historical Society and Museum West Virginia

26. List of Objects for Transport, Tufts University Gallery, 1998

Date:: 1998
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Tufts University Permanent Art Collection
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University John Brown George L. Stearns sculptures Tufts University Permanent Collection documents

27. Edward A. Brackett to George Luther Stearns, 1859

Date:: 1859
Attribution Statement:: Image courtesy of the West Virginia State Archives, John Brown/Boyd B. Stutler Collection
Exhibit Tags:: Edward Augustus Brackett George L. Stearns John Brown West Virginia State Archives letters documents

28. "John Brown and the Colored Child" by Lydia Maria Child, 1860

Date:: 1860
Exhibit Tags:: Lydia Maria Child publications John Brown

29. John Brown's grave and the "Big Rock," North Elba

Date:: C. 1896
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Exhibit Tags:: Library of Congress John Brown New York photographs

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1. John Brown with Beard

2. John Brown

3. John Brown (mural), 1939

4. 3D-Scanning of the Damaged Bust of John Brown

5. John Brown's Song

6. John Brown Daguerreotype

7. The Hanging of John Brown (Hugo)

8. Advertisement for John Brown Medallions, 1864

9. Busts of John Brown and George L. Stearns on Display

10. Busts of John Brown and George L. Stearns

11. Bust of John Brown, Missing Nose and Eyebrow

12. Letter from John Brown to George L. Stearns, August 10, 1857

13. Cabinet Card of John Brown Bust (A.C. Russell)

14. The Last Moments of John Brown (Hovenden)

15. John Brown Bust Cabinet Card (Warren)

16. Bust of John Brown, Blue Nose

17. 3D-Scanning the Busts of John Brown

18. John Brown Bust Cabinet Card (Litchfield Studios)

19. Letter from John Brown to Mary E. Stearns, 1859 November 29

20. Letter from Lydia Maria Child to John Brown, October 26, 1859

21. 1937 Inventory of Tufts College Sculptures

22. "Brackett's Bust of John Brown" by Lydia Maria Child, New York Tribune, 11 Feburary 1860

23. John Brown's Northern Supporters (Secret Six)

24. John Brown's Hair, Given to Mary E. Stearns

25. Pike, Possibly Used at Harpers Ferry

26. List of Objects for Transport, Tufts University Gallery, 1998

27. Edward A. Brackett to George Luther Stearns, 1859

28. "John Brown and the Colored Child" by Lydia Maria Child, 1860

29. John Brown's grave and the "Big Rock," North Elba