Prometheus Bound, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Prometheus Bound, from "Harper's Weekly"
Prometheus Bound, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished March 2, 1867
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 11 1/2 × 9 1/16 in. (29.2 × 23 cm) Sheet: 15 5/8 × 10 3/8 in. (39.7 × 26.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.86
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 typeset beneath image in black ink. Publication date "March 2, 1867," publisher, and page number "137" typeset above image at top of the sheet.
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.84
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.85
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Thomas Nast
Date: published March 30, 1867
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.87
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Thomas Nast
Date: published April 6, 1867
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.88
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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