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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Date1889
MediumInk on two pieces of collaged paper
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 11 1/4 × 14 in. (28.6 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist's son
Object number1944.1.21a-b
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a paste up for a political cartoon, possibly unpublished. A man in the foreground, identified as "Undertaker J. G. Blaine," carries a pick-axe. Out of his bag, a shovel handle and a letter identified as "that Florence Letter J. Blaine" emerge. He passes a billboard that reads "Grave - Ranch, 1892, That Ticket, Joseph Benson Foraker of Ohio, Repbulican Nomiee for President U.S., William Mahone of Virginia for Vice President." Beneath the sign, two figures, one with spurs, lay dead.
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Additional Details
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.
? - 1943: Thomas Nast family (Mrs. Thomas Nast, Thomas Nast Jr., Mabel Nast Crawford, and Cyril Nast), presumably by gift or inheritance from the artist.
Signature
"Th:Nast 1889" in comp at lower right in ink.
Inscribed
"Yivo Naperleone at one waterloo..."its not my funeral!" "--Linchus" (?) on verso at upper center.
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