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Dateunknown
MediumTerracotta with remnants of pigment
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/8 × 2 7/8 × 1 3/4 in. (10.5 × 7.3 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edward S. Burgess, Class of 1879, H1904
Object numberINV.635
On view
DescriptionClay buff; red paint in donkey's mouth. Frotn molded; back left plain with large rectangular vent hole. Paunch-bellied, phallic dwarf with mantle over right shoulder. Astride donkey with right hand on flank, left on head of donkey; donkey's head raised to bray. Rider wears comic mask and skull cap. Group represented in relief on front of figure so that all four of the donkey's legs appear.
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Alternate Titles
Comic actor on a donkey
Provenance
c. 1929: Hamilton College, by bequest of Edward S. Burgess;
?: Edward S. Burgess.
?: Edward S. Burgess.
Markings
Label: "135" on white adhesive label at base of object.
Signature
Not signed.
Inscribed
No inscriptions noted.
Francisco Goya
Date: 1815, first published 1816
Medium: Etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1928.8
Manner of the Haimon Painter
Date: c. 500-480 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 1929.21
Leon Unturbe y Conte
Date: 1888-1925
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: S2018.2.864
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 22, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.322
C. Bentley
Date: published July 1, 1829
Medium: Engraving with hand coloring
Object number: 1971.48
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 1, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.250
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 16, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.354
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.257
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.262
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.270
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 25, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.316
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 27, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.277