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"...for I say at the core of democracy, finally, is the religious element. All the religions, old and new, are there."--Walt Whitman, Democratic Vistas, 1871. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
1957 Anton Refregier Born: Moscow, Russia 1905 Died: Moscow, Russia 1979 gouache on prepared fiberboard 26 x 22 in. (66.1 x 56.0 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Container Corporation of America 1984.124.248 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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"Dr. South, Locke, Sherlock, Sir Isaac Newton and Thomas Sutton", from Illustrations to the songs from William Blake's "Island in the Moon"
1945 Charles Seliger Born: New York, New York 1926 white ink on black ink on paper sheet: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Michael Rosenfeld 1992.53.7 Not currently on view
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"Ha' I Like Not That'"
patented 1882 John Rogers Born: Salem, Massachusetts 1829 Died: New Canaan, Connecticut 1904 painted plaster 22 x 20 3/4 x 14 3/8 in. (55.8 x 52.6 x 36.5 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of John Rogers and Son 1882.1.4 Smithsonian American Art Museum
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"Him Pensive on the lonely beach she found, with streaming eyes in briny torrents drown'd, and inly pining for his native shore", from The Odyssey of Homer, Book V. Pa. 111. Published by W. Durell.
1812 Peter Maverick Born: New York, New York 1780 Died: New York, New York 1831 Copy after John Thurston engraving on paper sheet: 5 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. (14.3 x 8.2 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Transfer from the Library of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution 1988.62.3 Not currently on view
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"In the meantime while the tortoise came jogging on with a slow but continued pace, and the hare out of too great a security and confidence of victory overslept herself, the tortoise arrived at the end of
ca. 1962 Herbert Bayer Born: Haag, Austria 1900 Died: Montecito, California 1985 ink and gouache, photomechanical reproduction heightened with white, and pen ink heightened with white on paper mounted on gouache on colored paper mounted on paperboard sheet: 17 1/2 x 13 in. (44.3 x 33.1 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Container Corporation of America 1984.124.10 Not currently on view
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"Is It So Nominated in the Bond?"
patented 1860 John Rogers Born: Salem, Massachusetts 1829 Died: New Canaan, Connecticut 1904 painted plaster 23 x 20 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. (58.3 x 52.6 x 31.0 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of John Rogers and Son 1882.1.3 Smithsonian American Art Museum
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"It is impossible, if no more than one opinion is uttered, to make choice of the best: a man is forced then to follow whatever advice may have been given him; but if opposite speeches are delivered, then choice can be exercised. In like manner pure gold
1950 Paul Rand Born: New York, New York 1914 Died: Norwalk, Connecticut 1996 gelatin silver print and gouache on paper and gouache on paperboard sheet: 18 5/8 x 14 in. (47.2 x 35.6 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Container Corporation of America 1984.124.241 Not currently on view
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"Men are men before they are lawyers or physicians or manufacturers; and if you make them capable and sensible men they will make themselves capable and sensible lawyers and physicians."--John Stuart Mill, Inaugural Address at St. Andrew's, 1867. From the
1955 Ben Shahn Born: Kovno, Lithuania 1898 Died: New York, New York 1969 brush and ink on paper mounted on paperboard sheet: 22 7/8 x 13 5/8 in. (58.1 x 34.6 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Container Corporation of America 1984.124.264 Not currently on view
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"The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy."--Montesquieu, Spirit of the laws, 1748. From the series Great Ideas.
1952 Lemuel B. Line Born: Carlisle, Pennsylvania 1917 opaque watercolor on fiberboard 24 x 24 in. (61.0 x 61.0 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Container Corporation of America 1984.124.183 Not currently on view