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What’s the context of the painting?
Norman Rockwell. He did paintings of Americana. This one is about the civic duty to speak up or something
Reverse image search is a powerful tool
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Speech_(painting)
Holy shit, I always just assumed it was John Brown
It does look just like John Brown
He looks real good, for having been a’mouldering in the grave for 70 years!
Which reverse image search do you use? I use Tineye.
Lemmy be damned, but I usually just use lens in chrome.