The Foreign Church (Roman) Declaring War Upon Our National Public Schools, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Foreign Church (Roman) Declaring War Upon Our National Public Schools, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Foreign Church (Roman) Declaring War Upon Our National Public Schools, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished November 8, 1873
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 8 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (21.6 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 15/16 in. (40 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.222
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "Foreign Priest. 'The present system of Public Schools is a curse to the country and a flood-gate of atheism and sensuality, and of civil, social, and / national corruption; and the Children turn out to be learned horse-thieves, scholastic counterfeiters, and well posted in schemes of deviltry.' / Uncle Sam. 'Don’t talk so loud. Investigate these institutions, and you'll find them filled from the 'Greek' and Roman Schools" typeset beneath title in black ink.
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Provenance 2019: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Jay G. Williams.
Signature Signed "Th Nast" in block at lower left composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Publication date "November 8, 1873," publisher, and page number "997" typeset along left perimeter of composition at top of the sheet in black ink.

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