National Thanksgiving, from "Harper's Weekly"

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National Thanksgiving, from "Harper's Weekly"
National Thanksgiving, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished December 9, 1865
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 9/16 × 20 3/16 in. (34.4 × 51.3 cm) Sheet: 15 15/16 × 22 11/16 in. (40.5 × 57.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.74
Not on view
DescriptionAmerican Reconstruction Era
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Additional Details

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 in block along the central line at the bottom of the composition in black ink. Page numbers "776" and "777" and publisher typeset above image in black ink.
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