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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Publisher
Once A Week: An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper (New York)
(American)
Datepublished October 21, 1893
MediumHalftone on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 14 × 9 1/2 in. (35.6 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 11 1/8 in. (41.3 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist's son
Object number1944.1.34
Not on view
Collections
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.
Markings
None noted.
Signature
Signed and dated "Th: Nast. / 1893" at lower right in plate.
Inscribed
Inscribed in typeset at upper center: ONCE A WEEK / AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER; in plate at upper left: "RAVEN THOU DOTH LOOK DUN!"; entitled in typeset at lower center: WE ARE STILL - / VIGILANT.; inscribed in pencil on verso at lower right: INV 108; verso has news text
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