Vaulting Ambition

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Photo by John Bentham.
Vaulting Ambition
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datelate 19th century
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 3 in. × 6 3/8 in. (7.6 × 16.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist's son
Object number1944.1.12
Not on view
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Provenance 1943: Hamilton College, by gift of Mabel Nast Crawford and Cyril Nast;
? - 1943: Thomas Nast family (Mrs. Thomas Nast, Thomas Nast Jr., Mabel Nast Crawford, and Cyril Nast), presumably by gift or inheritance from the artist.
Inscribed Recto (ink): "Vaulting Ambition / To Alfred, (to elder brother.) So father's going / to make you a doctor? ah, I'm bound to be / a Sport when I'm grown up so that I / may be able to whip the Benecia boy."
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by J…
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