SKU: G-RHan20081

Runaway! Going, Going, Gone.
This mixed media painting series, Runaway: Going, Going, Gone, is inspired by a discovery of "Wanted" advertisements from the early 1700s and 1800s. These ads describe runaway enslaved people of African descent in, sometimes minute, details. Descriptions of hair color and styles, clothes, complexion, scars, size, and demeanor conjure vivid images in a real and tangible ways.

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Run away from the subscriber, a Negro or Mulatto Girl, named Hannah, but assumes the name of Hannah Wadson, had on a calico bonnet, and other thin cloths, middling size, with long black hair, was the property of Thomas Philips of Salisbury; from whom she pretends an emancipation in writing, but `tis an illegal one. It is supposed she intends to reside in Farmington, or to press on to Rhode-Island where said Philips brought her. Whoever will secure said Girl, so that the subscriber can get her, shall be entitled to Three Dollars reward and reasonable charges, paid on notice where she is secured.
Adonijah Strong
Salisbury, August 12, 1784

Title: Runaway: Hannah(1784)
Artist: Cora Marshall
Size: 18" x 24"
Media: Giclee
Edition: 100

NOTE: Giclee prints are made with archival materials and are hand-signed by the artist. Each print comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.