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"Property and labor in different classes are essentially antagonistic; but property and labor in the same class are essentially fraternal...Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer."--Horace Mann on the nature of education. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Catalog Data

Artist:
HonorĂ© Sharrer, born West Point, NY 1920-died Washington, DC 2009  Search this
Medium:
gouache on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 19 1/2 x 15 1/8 in. (49.6 x 38.3 cm)
Type:
Drawing
Date:
1951
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Occupation\education\student  Search this
Architecture\detail\column  Search this
Allegory\arts and sciences\education  Search this
Still life\written matter\book  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America
Object number:
1984.124.269
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7beed4801-9b45-403a-88df-e71806065902
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1984.124.269