Uncle Sam's youngest son, Citizen Know Nothing
Uncle Sam's youngest son, Citizen Know Nothing. A bust portrait of a young man representing the nativist ideal of the Know Nothing party. He wears a bold tie and a fedora-type hat tilted at a rakish angle. The portrait is framed by intricate carving and scrollwork surmounted by an eagle with a shield, and is draped by an American flag. Behind the eagle is a gleaming star. The flag hangs from a staff at left which has a liberty cap on its end. The Citizen Know Nothing figure appears in several nativist prints of the period (for instance The Young America Schottisch, no. 1855-5) and is probably an idealized type rather than an actual individual. The publishers, Williams, Stevens, Williams and Company, were art dealers with a gallery on Broadway. Date c1854. Uncle Sam's youngest son, Citizen Know Nothing. A bust portrait of a young man representing the nativist ideal of the Know Nothing party. He wears a bold tie and a fedora-type hat tilted at a rakish angle. The portrait is framed by intricate carving and scrollwork surmounted by an eagle with a shield, and is draped by an American flag. Behind the eagle is a gleaming star. The flag hangs from a staff at left which has a liberty cap on its end. The Citizen Know Nothing figure appears in several nativist prints of the period (for instance The Young America Schottisch, no. 1855-5) and is probably an idealized type rather than an actual individual. The publishers, Williams, Stevens, Williams and Company, were art dealers with a gallery on Broadway. Date c1854
