Little Sammy and his Indian protégé / C.S.R. – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Little Sammy and his Indian protégé / C.S.R.
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Little Sammy and his Indian protégé" casts the national figure Uncle Sam as a boy who has taken a Native charge under his wing, and the title's word "protégé" frames the relationship as one of paternal guardianship. The wood engraving ran in *Harper's Weekly* on May 3, 1873, during the early years of President Ulysses S. Grant's Peace Policy, which placed many reservation agencies under church-nominated administrators. The record also lists Columbia, the allegorical figure of the nation, among its subjects, a reminder that cartoons of this period often used familiar symbols to comment on federal Indian policy. Its initials, C.S.R., identify the artist as a contributor to the magazine's illustration staff.
| Created / published | 1873 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1870-1880.Wood engravings 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1873 May 3. |
| Subjects | Columbia (Symbolic character)--1870-1880. Indians of North America--Government relations--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,319 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-181853 |
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