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The Magnet and the Iron: John Brown and George L. Stearns
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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
8.
Advertisement for John Brown Medallions, 1864
Date:
1864
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
Edmonia Lewis
advertisements
The Liberator
publications
Boston
9.
Busts of John Brown and George L. Stearns on Display
Date:
2017
Attribution Statement:
Image copyright Tufts University
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
George L. Stearns
Tufts University
sculptures
Edward Augustus Brackett
Stearns Estate
photographs
10.
Busts of John Brown and George L. Stearns
Date:
2017
Attribution Statement:
Image copyright Tufts University
Exhibit Tags:
John Brown
George L. Stearns
Tufts University
sculptures
Edward Augustus Brackett
Stearns Estate
photographs
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.
Note about Possible Stolen Bust of John Brown, 1977
Date:
1977
Attribution Statement:
Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:
Tufts University
sculptures
documents
Tufts DCA
13.
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
14.
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
15.
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
16.
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
17.
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
18.
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
19.
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
20.
Photograph of George L. Stearns
Attribution Statement:
Image courtesy of the West Virginia State Archives, John Brown/Boyd B. Stutler Collection
Exhibit Tags:
George L. Stearns
West Virginia State Archives
photographs
21.
Leonard Carmichael to George R. Sands & Son, 1950
Date:
1950
Attribution Statement:
Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:
Tufts University
Tufts University Permanent Collection
Tufts DCA
letters
documents
Edward Augustus Brackett
sculptures
Cambridge
22.
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
23.
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
24.
Wendell Phillips Medallion, 1871
Date:
1871
Attribution Statement:
Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Exhibit Tags:
Wendell Phillips
Edmonia Lewis
sculptures
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
25.
Major George L. Stearns
Date:
1863
Attribution Statement:
Image courtesy of the West Virginia State Archives, John Brown/Boyd B. Stutler Collection
Exhibit Tags:
George L. Stearns
Civil War
photographs
West Virginia State Archives
26.
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
27.
"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
28.
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
29.
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
30.
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
31.
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
32.
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
33.
"John Brown and the Colored Child" by Lydia Maria Child, 1860
Date:
1860
Exhibit Tags:
Lydia Maria Child
publications
John Brown
34.
Front entrance to Eaton Hall, ca. 1950
Creator:
Unknown
Attribution Statement:
Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:
Tufts University
Eaton Hall
photographs
Tufts DCA
Medford
buildings
35.
George L. Stearns Grave Monument, Mount Auburn Cemetery
Exhibit Tags:
George L. Stearns
Cambridge
photographs
sculptures
John Greenleaf Whittier
Ralph Waldo Emerson
36.
Mary E. Stearns Will Excerpt, 1901
Date:
1901
Exhibit Tags:
Mary E. Stearns
Frank P. Stearns
Tufts University
George L. Stearns
Middlesex Probate and Family Court
documents
Stearns Estate
Henry L. Stearns
37.
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