The looking glass for 1787. A house divided against itself cannot stand. Mat. chap. 13th verse 26 – Historic Reproduction
![The looking glass for 1787. A house divided against itself cannot stand. Mat. chap. 13th verse 26, [New Haven] : 1787. — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e9/e9e72203f12a-L.webp)
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This antique engraving of The looking glass for 1787. A house divided against itself cannot stand. Mat. chap. 13th verse 26 brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The looking glass for 1787. A house divided against itself cannot stand. Mat. chap. 13th verse 26
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This hand-colored New Haven engraving from 1787 sets a biblical warning, "A house divided against itself cannot stand," beside a crowded set of political quarrels. The record names Samuel Holden Parsons, a Connecticut officer, and topics including the Society of the Cincinnati, veterans' pensions, and monetary policy. Attribution to the engraver Amos Doolittle rests on a Sotheby's auction catalog. The print appeared the same year as Shays' Rebellion in western Massachusetts and the Philadelphia convention that drafted the Constitution, so it offers a useful view of the anxieties of that moment.
| Created / published | [New Haven] : 1787. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving and rocker work, with watercolor on laid paper ; 28.7 x 36.7 cm. (image) |
| Genre | 1988 |
| Notes | Attribution to Amos Doolittle is from the Sotheby's auction catalog. Title appears as it is written on the item. Sotheby's Fine Printed and Manuscript Americana." (Catalog of the auction sale April 16 |
| Subjects | Parsons, Samuel Holden,--1737-1789. United States. Constitution--1880-1890. Society of the Cincinnati--1880-1890. New-Haven gazette and the Connecticut magazine--1880-1890. Shays' Rebellion, 1786-1787. Military service--1880-1890. Monetary policy--1880-1890. Pensions--1880-1890. Connecticut--1880-1890. Massachusetts--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,082 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-167389 |
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