Harper's Weekly cartoon: "The Martyrdom of St. Crispin"

Item
Crispin.jpg

Dublin Core

Title

Harper's Weekly cartoon: "The Martyrdom of St. Crispin"

Subject

Shoemakers
Emigration & immigration
Immigrants -- Chinese -- United States

Description

Cartoon from Harper's Weekly portraying two Chinese individuals with swords about to attack St. Crispin. St. Crispin is the patron saint of shoemakers, leatherworkers, and cobblers. On the swords appear the words "cheap labor" and "chop sticks." Link to resource.

Type

Image

Creator

Nast, Thomas

Language

eng

Identifier

272d3d30-c554-012f-757a-58d385a7bc34

Format

Image/jpeg

Publisher

Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization

Contributor

New York Public Library

Source

New York Public Library
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art
Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC IMM

Date

1870

Citation

Nast, Thomas, “Harper's Weekly cartoon: "The Martyrdom of St. Crispin",” Park County Local History Digital Archive, accessed May 23, 2025, https://pclha.cvlcollections.org/items/show/2710.

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