Every day at family prayers Uncle Jason's deep voice had engraved that awful picture a little more deeply in her mind.

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Every day at family prayers Uncle Jason's deep voice had engraved that awful picture a little more deeply in her mind.
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Every day at family prayers Uncle Jason's deep voice had engraved that awful picture a little more deeply in her mind.

Date1936
Illustration Citation"The Great Day," by Hugh McNair Kahler, in The Saturday Evening Post, January 4, 1936
MediumCarbon pencil on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 10 5/8 × 15 5/16 in. (27 × 38.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frederic R. Gruger, Jr., 1981
Object number1981-2
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Label TextFrederic R. Gruger was one of the most prolific and expert artists in black and white media, which he mastered early in his career as a newspaper illustrator. In this story about a family of nineteenth-century religious fanatics, the young woman at right is under the sway of her uncle, who believes that the world is about to end. Here she shields her ears from his ranting. Ultimately, she breaks free to live her own life.
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