Tragic Prelude. A mural in the Kansas State Capitol. He carries in one hand a Bible and in the other a Beecher’s Bible (rifle). Union and Confederate forces are fighting, with casualties. A tornado approaches in the background, as does a prairie fire, both common in Kansas. Oil and tempera painted in 1938 by John Steuart Curry (1897–1946), American painter and printmaker. Collection: Kansas State Capitol, USA. Public Domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Forside John Brown – guerilla mod slaveriet Tragic Prelude. A mural in the Kansas State Capitol. He carries in one hand a Bible and in the other a Beecher's Bible (rifle). Union and Confederate forces are fighting, with casualties. A tornado approaches in the background, as does a prairie fire, both common in Kansas. Oil and tempera painted in 1938 by John Steuart Curry (1897–1946), American painter and printmaker. Collection: Kansas State Capitol, USA. Public Domain.
Tragic Prelude. A mural in the Kansas State Capitol. He carries in one hand a Bible and in the other a Beecher’s Bible (rifle). Union and Confederate forces are fighting, with casualties. A tornado approaches in the background, as does a prairie fire, both common in Kansas. Oil and tempera painted in 1938 by John Steuart Curry (1897–1946), American painter and printmaker. Collection: Kansas State Capitol, USA. Public Domain.
