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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Date1889
MediumLithograph
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 21 1/4 × 17 1/4 in. (54 × 43.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist's son
Object number1944.1.74
Not on view
DescriptionThis cartoon depicts Uncle Sam standing in front of the "U.S. Post Office Tailoring Co." A sign next to the door reads "Misfits in the general post office." A sign inside the space reads "U. Sam's Clothing and Merchant Tailoring Trust." In front is a clothes-maker's mannequin labeled "U.S. Mail," "Big Head," and "Boodlemaker & Brown, Oak Hall, Philadelphia PA. The mannequin is dressed in a striped suit and seems to have its wrists shackled.
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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.
Signature
Recto, lower right: "Th:Nast 1889"
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