[Frontis illus. of books by Mason Locke Parson" Weems (1759-1825): "There! G-d d-n you take that!" Man firing pistol point blank at head of another man]" – Vintage Wall Art
![[Frontis illus. of books by Mason Locke Parson" Weems (1759-1825): "There! G-d d-n you take that!" Man firing pistol point blank at head of another man]" — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/39/39f4aa2e0b7e-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with [Frontis illus. of books by Mason Locke Parson" Weems (1759-1825): "There! G-d d-n you take that!" Man firing pistol point blank at head of another man]", a historic print rich in period 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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[Frontis illus. of books by Mason Locke Parson" Weems (1759-1825): "There! G-d d-n you take that!" Man firing pistol point blank at head of another man]"
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A man fires a pistol point blank at the head of another in this 1818 print, and the caption's oath, "There! G-d d-n you take that!", makes the moment feel brutally immediate. It serves as a frontispiece for books by Mason Locke Weems, the traveling bookseller and writer best known today for inventing the cherry-tree anecdote about George Washington. Weems built his reputation on moralizing tracts and sensational cautionary tales, and frontispieces like this one were meant to draw readers toward the lurid stories inside.
| Medium | 1 print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1818 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,058 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-139750 |
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