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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished November 7, 1868
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 1/16 × 9 1/8 in. (23 × 23.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 11/16 × 11 1/16 in. (39.8 × 28.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.105
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "If he is elected by unfair means, or use of illegal power: if he does not receive a majority of the three hundred and seventeen votes of the Electoral College, fairly cast: / if he seeks to override a majority in America, he dies before his term of office shall one-fourth expire, and the party that would thus unjustly elevate him to power shall be strangled / in the blood it cries for" from the "Democrat, Oct. 13, 1868" typeset beneath title in black ink. Text dispersed among four columns typeset between the banner headline and illustration titled "The Policy of Assassination" in black ink.
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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. Publisher banner headline typeset above image in black ink: "Harper's Weekly / Journal of Civilization / Vol. XII.-No. 619: New York, Saturday, November 7, 1868."
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