American citizens! We appeal to you in all calmness. Is it not time to pause? . . . A paper entitled the American patriot – Vintage Print
(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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This rare antique engraving captures American citizens! We appeal to you in all calmness. Is it not time to pause? . . . A paper entitled the American patriot in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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American citizens! We appeal to you in all calmness. Is it not time to pause? . . . A paper entitled the American patriot
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Its headline plea to "American citizens" to pause "in all calmness" sets the tone for a print aimed at Irish Catholic immigrants, many of whom arrived in Boston after the famine of the late 1840s. Issued by J.E. Farwell & Co. in 1852, it belongs to a wave of nativist cartoons that tied immigrant labor to competition for jobs and to fears of Catholic influence in public life. Boston was a stronghold of such feeling, and the Know-Nothing movement would soon win major support in Massachusetts.
| Created / published | Boston : Published by J.E. Farwell & Co., 1852. |
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| Medium | 1 print : wood-engraving with letterpress on wove paper ; 24.7 x 33.4 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Political cartoons 1850-1860.Wood engravings 1850-1860. |
| Notes | The Patriot is published by J.E. Farwell & Co., 32 Congress St., Boston, and for sale at the Periodical Depots in this place. Title appears as it is written on the item. Purchase; Caroline and Erwin Swann Memorial Fund. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress) Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1852-3. |
| Subjects | Anti-Catholicism--1850-1860. Emigration & immigration--Irish--United States--1850-1860. Employment--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,074 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-167379 |
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