Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.” – Henry Peter Brougham, The Present State of Law, 1828. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

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Copied Honoré Sharrer, "Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave."--Henry Peter Brougham, The Present State of Law, 1828. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1956, gouache and pencil on paperboard, sheet: 13 1410 12 in. (33.726.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.268

Artwork Details

Title
Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.” – Henry Peter Brougham, The Present State of Law, 1828. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
Date
1956
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 13 1410 12 in. (33.726.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Container Corporation of America
Mediums
Mediums Description
gouache and pencil on paperboard
Classifications
Keywords
  • Figure group
  • Occupation — education — teacher
  • Architecture — education
  • Occupation — education — student
  • Allegory — arts and sciences — education
Object Number
1984.124.268