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"... in Whom I Am Well Pleased"
Prentiss Taylor Born: Washington, District of Columbia 1907 Died: Washington, District of Columbia 1991 Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Irina A. Reed 1974.44.30 Not currently on view
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"...for War Horses and Cannon Carriage to make them Invisible", study folder for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom
n.d. Abbott Handerson Thayer and others Born: Boston, Massachusetts 1849 Died: Monadnock, New Hampshire 1921 various media and collage on paperboard closed: approx. 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer 1950.2.76 Not currently on view
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"Blessed Are the Meek for They Shall Inherit the Earth"
1948 Michael Lantz Born: New Rochelle, New York 1908 Died: New London, Connecticut 1988 Medallic Art Company (Founder) Society of Medallic Arts (Commissioner) bronze 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm) diam. Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of the heirs of Albert Laessle: Mrs. Albertine de Bempt Laessle, Mr. Albert M. Laessle and Mr. Paul Laessle 1972.167.36 Smithsonian American Art Museum
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"BLUE DOG" Shark
ca. 1922-1928 John Orne Johnson Frost Born: Marblehead, Massachusetts 1852 Died: Marblehead, Massachusetts 1928 carved and painted wood with iron hooks 12 1/2 x 71 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (31.8 x 181.0 x 3.4 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson 1986.65.247 Smithsonian American Art Museum
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"Cigar Box" Chest
ca. 1880-1920 Unidentified painted, carved, and stained wood 19 x 12 7/8 x 6 3/8 in. (48.2 x 32.7 x 16.2 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson 1986.65.90 Smithsonian American Art Museum
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"God is Love. Seek his will and find his peace he saves from sin."
after 1970 Howard Finster Born: Valley Head, Alabama 1916 Died: Rome, Georgia 2001 oil on wood paneling Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. 1998.84.15 Smithsonian American Art Museum
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"Hereby it is manifest that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man. For war consisteth not in battle only, or the act
1951 Leon Karp Born: New York, New York 1903 Died: New York, New York 1951 oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard 30 3/8 x 24 1/4 in. (77.2 x 61.6 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Container Corporation of America 1984.124.138 Not currently on view
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"I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but first and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul. I tell you that virtue does not come from money,
1952 Joseph Low Born: Coraopolis, Pennsylvania 1911 Died: Edgartown, Massachusetts 2007 gouache and pencil on paper mounted on paperboard sheet: 16 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (42.5 x 37.5 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Container Corporation of America 1984.124.193 Not currently on view
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"Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny."--Carl Schurz, Address,
ca. 1957-1958 Joseph Cornell Born: Nyack, New York 1903 Died: New York, New York 1972 mixed media: painted and stained wood, glass, shells, driftwood, and paper, assembled, glued, and nailed 17 3/8 x 12 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. (44.2 x 32.7 x 8.9 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Container Corporation of America 1984.124.71 Not currently on view
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"In a free government, the security of civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case in the multiplicity of interests, and in the other, in the multiplicity of sects."--James Madison, The Federalist Papers, 1788.
1976 Jacob Lawrence Born: Atlantic City, New Jersey 1917 Died: Seattle, Washington 2000 opaque watercolor and pencil on paper mounted on fiberboard 30 x 22 1/8 in. (76.2 x 56.2 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Container Corporation of America 1984.124.170 Not currently on view