Jacob’s Well

Painting

Milwaukee Public Library

Name/Title

Jacob’s Well

Artwork Details

Medium

Tempera on Wood

Collection

Artwork Collection, Wisconsin Art Collection, East Library Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Prophet William J. Blackmon

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

Lower left

Transcription

"Prophet WJ Blackmo/an"

Notes

"Blackmon" is signed with an "A" inside the "O," to read Blackmon/Blackman.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed Size

Height

24 in

Width

36 in

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

Materials pertaining to the artist are available in the Milwaukee Black Arts Movement digital collection: https://content.mpl.org/digital/collection/MkeBAM/. The exhibition catalog, Signs of Inspiration: The Art of Prophet William J. Blackmon (Haggerty Museum of Art, 1999), is available in the Art Reference Collection at 759.13 B628.

Research Notes

Notes

One of the sites for Blackmon's street preaching was in front of the Old East Library.