The Capture of Lookout Mountain: General Hooker Fighting among the Clouds, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Capture of Lookout Mountain: General Hooker Fighting among the Clouds, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Capture of Lookout Mountain: General Hooker Fighting among the Clouds, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished December 26, 1863
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 3/4 × 9 1/16 in. (34.9 × 23 cm) Sheet: 15 5/8 × 10 7/8 in. (39.7 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.50
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Provenance 2019: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Jay G. Williams.
Signature Signed "Th Nast" in block at lower right composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Publication date "December 26, 1863," publisher, and page number "829" typeset above image at top of the sheet.
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