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The anti-Chinese wall--The American wall goes up as the Chinese original goes down / F. Grätz. – Vintage Print

The anti-Chinese wall--The American wall goes up as the Chinese original goes down / F. Grätz., [1882] — antique lithograph
The anti-Chinese wall--The American wall goes up as the Chinese original goes down / F. Grätz., [1882]. Antique lithograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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 lithograph captures The anti-Chinese wall--The American wall goes up as the Chinese original goes down / F. Grätz. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The anti-Chinese wall--The American wall goes up as the Chinese original goes down / F. Grätz.

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Puck published this chromolithograph in its March 29, 1882, issue, where an American wall rises as its Chinese original comes down, a pointed comment on anti-Chinese feeling then running through the West. The drawing turns immigration policy into a picture of barricades, showing the United States building its own barrier as the older one falls. Within weeks Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, the first federal law to bar immigrants by nationality, which gives the cartoon a sharp sense of timing.

Created / published[1882]
Medium1 print : chromolithograph.
GenreChromolithographs Color 1880-1890.Editorial cartoons 1880-1890.
NotesIllus. in: Puck, v. 11, no. 264 (29 March 1882).
SubjectsInternational relations--China--1880-1890. International relations--United States--1880-1890. Emigration & immigration--Chinese--United States--1880-1890. Barricades--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,328 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218075

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