PHOTO ONLY of Certificate,Native American Republican Association,Philadelphia

Title: PHOTO ONLY of This certifies that [blank] is a member of the Native American Republican Association of Philadelphia / engraved & published by W.L. Germon, no. 80 1/2 Walnut St., Philadelphia.
Creator(s): Germon, W. L. (Washington Lafayette), engraver
Date Created/Published: [Philadelphia : W.L. Germon], c1845.
Summary: A large ornamented membership certificate for a Philadelphia nativist organization. The motto 'Beware of Foreign Influence' appears on a streamer above a bust portrait of George Washington. The Washington portrait is framed with oak leaves and a belt with the quotation, 'First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of his Countrymen.' Around it is a circle of stars in radiating beams of light. The center of the certificate is flanked by two fasces, each ornamented with olive leaves, wreaths, daggers, and a banner. The banners are decorated with images reflecting the somewhat chauvinistic tenor of the nativist organizations. The banner on the left shows an American mariner holding a flag and waving his hat; the one on the right a full-length portrait of Washington, the general, with his horse. Wound about the fasces on the left is a ribbon reading, 'Our Country and Her Flag;' on the right 'United We Stand, Divided We Fall.' At the bottom of the certificate is a small emblem of an American eagle on a rock in a stormy sea, with a shield, olive branch, and arrows. The engraver, publisher, and (probably) designer of the certificate, Washington L. Germon, was also a Philadelphia daguerreotypist and photographer.
Notes:
Title from print.
'Entered ... 1845, by W.L. Germon...'
The Library's impression is the copyright proof, originally deposited on May 8, 1845.
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1845-8.
Subjects:
Eagle (prominently featured).
Fasces (symbol).
Native American Republican Association (Phila.).
Nativism.
Washington, George.
Membership certificates--1840-1850.
Bookmark /2003690760/
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