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Photo by John Bentham.
Christmas Time
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datelate 19th century
MediumLithograph on paper
DimensionsComposition: 4 1/4 × 5 1/2 in. (10.8 × 14 cm) Sheet: 10 in. × 6 1/4 in. (25.4 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist's son
Object number1944.1.61
Not on view
DescriptionChristmas-themed stationery belonging to the Nast Family. Depicted is Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus playing carols at the piano, and an elf. In the upper left-hand corner the card reads “With compliments of the Season.” The edges of the card appear to be decorated with drawings of mistletoe.
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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.
Signature Signed in stone at center right: "Th: Nast"
Inscribed Recto, entitled in stone at center: "Christmas Time"
Recto, lower left: "The Nasts / 39 Dewey Avenue / New Rochelle"
The Watch on Christmas Eve, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Watch on Christmas Eve, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 1, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.306
Twas the Night Before Christmas, from "Harper's Weekly"
Twas the Night Before Christmas, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 30, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.357
Christmas Eve, 1862, from "Harper's Weekly"
Christmas Eve, 1862, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 3, 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.26
Christmas, 1863, from "Harper's Weekly"
Christmas, 1863, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 26, 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.51
© Martin Wong Foundation and P.P.O.W. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art…
Untitled (TIME)
Martin Wong
Date: 1983
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Object number: 2023.1
Santa Claus in Camp, from "Harper's Weekly"
Santa Claus in Camp, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 3, 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.25
Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Ed Schoenberger
Date: 1949
Medium: Oil on board
Object number: 1986.31
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Shabti
Date: c. 1070-656 B.C.E.
Medium: Clay with pigment
Object number: 1943.11
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Shabti
Date: c. 1070-656 B.C.E.
Medium: Clay
Object number: 1943.123
Equisetum heimale (Winter Horsetail), a young shoot enlarged 25 times
Equisetum heimale (Winter Horsetail), a young shoot enlarged 25 times
Karl Blossfeldt
Date: 1929
Medium: Rotogravure
Object number: 2009.2.2
Photograph by John Bentham.
The House of Chance and Mischief
Renée Stout
Date: 2008-10
Medium: Acrylic, latex paint, spray paint, plastic rhinestones, wood, glass, metal, varnish, collage, and found objects
Object number: 2016.2
© Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Image licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS).
Drawings and Studies for “Currents” Exhibition Poster
Robert Rauschenberg
Date: 1970
Medium: Offset lithograph
Object number: 1992.19