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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Date1889
MediumInk
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 10 3/8 × 8 1/8 in. (26.4 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist's son
Object number1944.1.23a-b
On view
DescriptionDrawing depicting a boy holding a liquor bottle in the trough with two pigs and playing cards at the bottom of the page. "His castle" is a house of cards.
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
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
Recto Lower Right: "Th:Nast. 1889"
Inscribed
Verso Center - crossed out: "Chapter I. The Cradle of Our Discontent and the Birthplace of Mr. Mismile" Verso Lower Center: "His Birthplace Page 16."
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