National Thanksgiving, from "Harper's Weekly"

Skip to main content
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
Collections

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.
Thanksgiving-Day, November 26, 1863, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thanksgiving-Day, November 26, 1863, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5 , 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.47
Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1864, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1864, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 3, 1864
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.66
Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner, from "Harper's Weekly"
Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 20, 1869
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.111
Thanksgiving Finance, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thanksgiving Finance, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 4, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.302
A Dream: Before and After Thanksgiving Dinner, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Dream: Before and After Thanksgiving Dinner, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 7, 1878
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.448
Who Said Anything about Thanksgiving Dinner?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Who Said Anything about Thanksgiving Dinner?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 26, 1881
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.570
The Foreign Church (Roman) Declaring War Upon Our National Public Schools, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Foreign Church (Roman) Declaring War Upon Our National Public Schools, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 8, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.222
A Group of Butternut Prisoners, Taken from Life, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Group of Butternut Prisoners, Taken from Life, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 25, 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.33
A Roman Catholic Mission from England to the 'Heathens' of America, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Roman Catholic Mission from England to the 'Heathens' of America, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 30, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.162
The Modern Mazeppa: 'What I Know about the Road from Cincinnati To...', from "Harper's Weekly"
The Modern Mazeppa: 'What I Know about the Road from Cincinnati To...', from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 1, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.187
The Last Shot of the Honorable Senator from Massachusetts, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Last Shot of the Honorable Senator from Massachusetts, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 22, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.190
Moses Junior Viewing the Promised Land from Mount Ruin, from "Harper's Weekly"
Moses Junior Viewing the Promised Land from Mount Ruin, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 25, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.249