Our Martyred President: Victory and Death, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Our Martyred President: Victory and Death, from "Harper's Weekly"
Our Martyred President: Victory and Death, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished June 10 , 1865
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 20 3/4 × 13 9/16 in. (52.7 × 34.4 cm) Sheet: 21 1/2 × 15 7/8 in. (54.6 × 40.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.69
Not on view
DescriptionAmerican Reconstruction Era
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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 mid right composition.
Inscribed Title in block around the center of the composition.
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