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Tragic Prelude

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Caption: "Tragic Prelude," a 1938 mural painted by John Steuart Curry graces a wall in the Kansas State Capitol. It depicts John Brown as a prelude to the Civil War that would soon follow his raid at Harpers Ferry.

Credit: John Steuart Curry

Courtesy Of: Kansas Historical Society

Purchase URL: http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/207858