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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Publisher
The Daily Graphic: An Illustrated Evening Newspaper
(American, 1873 - 1889)
Datepublished September 8, 1888
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 18 3/4 × 12 1/8 in. (47.6 × 30.8 cm)
Sheet: 21 in. × 14 1/2 in. (53.3 × 36.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist's son
Object number1944.1.33
Not on view
DescriptionNewspaper advertisement for G.P. Putnam's Sons "The President's Message," printed in large type, small quarto, with sixteen full-page moral and graphic illustrations from original designs by Thomas Nast.
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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.
? - 1943: Thomas Nast family (Mrs. Thomas Nast, Thomas Nast Jr., Mabel Nast Crawford, and Cyril Nast), presumably by gift or inheritance from the artist.
Markings
None noted.
Signature
Vignettes signed in block at lower right [in 2 bottom illustrations, and top right illustration]: Th: Nast.; top in block at lower left [in top left illustration]: Th: Nast.
Inscribed
Inscribed in typeset at upper center: THE DAILY GRAPHIC / AN ILLUSTRATED EVENING NEWSPAPER / 39 & 41 PARK PLACE; entitled in typeset at lower center: THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. / WITH NINETEEN GRAPHIC AND MORAL FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY THOMAS NAST. / PUBLISHED BY G.P. PUTMAN'S SONS, NEW YORK. 4 TO., 25 CENTS.; in pencil on verso at lower right: INV 108
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 27, 1883
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 1944.1.15
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 20, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.133
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 3, 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.26
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 5, 1868
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.100
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 9, 1864
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.57
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 14, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.234
Nathanial Currier
Date: Publ. 1844
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.66
D.W. Kellogg & Company
Date: unknown
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.143
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 24, 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.28