Detail View: The AMICA Library: "In a free government, the security of civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case in the multiplicity of interests, and in the other, in the multiplicity of sects."--James Madison, The Federalist Papers, 1788. From the series Great Ideas. OTTTitle

AMICA ID: 
SAAM.1984.124.170
AMICA Library Year: 
2002
Object Type: 
Drawings and Watercolors
Creator Name: 
Lawrence, Jacob
Creator Nationality: 
North American; American
Creator Role: 
Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 
1917-2000
Creator Name-CRT: 
Jacob Lawrence
Title: 
"In a free government, the security of civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case in the multiplicity of interests, and in the other, in the multiplicity of sects."--James Madison, The Federalist Papers, 1788. From the series Great Ideas. OTTTitle
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
1976
Creation Start Date: 
1976
Creation End Date: 
1976
Materials and Techniques: 
opaque watercolor and pencil on paper mounted on fiberboard
Dimensions: 
30 x 22 1/8 in. (76.2 x 56.2 cm.)
Component Measured: 
Object
Measurement Dimension: 
Height
Measurement Value: 
76.20
Measurement Unit: 
cm
Component Measured: 
Object
Measurement Dimension: 
Width
Measurement Value: 
56.20
Measurement Unit: 
cm
Component Measured: 
Object
Measurement Dimension: 
Depth
Measurement Unit: 
cm
AMICA Contributor: 
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Owner Location: 
Washington, DC, USA
ID Number: 
1984.124.170
Credit Line: 
Gift of Container Corporation of America
Inscriptions: 
lower right in opaque watercolor: Jacob Lawrence 76 frame recto center left printed: "In a free government, the security of/civil rights must be the same as... back panel frame verso upper center in
Copyright: 
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Rights: 
http://nmaa-ryder.si.edu/nmaainfo/rights.html
Related Image Identifier Link: 
SAAM.1984.124.170_1a.tif