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A Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves, 1862 by Eastman Johnson is a genre-painting figurative artwork associated with the 19th century. A family escapes enslavement on horseback during the American Civil War, making the work both a dramatic narrative and an important image of the pursuit of freedom. Johnson was an important American genre painter whose closely observed scenes of work, family and childhood preserve the texture of nineteenth-century daily life.

Offered as affordable reproduction wall art, this image can create a distinctive focal point in a living room, bedroom, dining room, office, library or entryway. Its distinctive composition can complement modern, traditional, transitional and eclectic interiors, while giving collectors and art lovers an accessible way to enjoy the work of Eastman Johnson.