Our Common Schools as They Are and as They May Be, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Our Common Schools as They Are and as They May Be, from "Harper's Weekly"
Our Common Schools as They Are and as They May Be, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished February 26, 1870
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (34.9 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 10 3/8 × 10 3/8 in. (26.4 × 26.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.114
Not on view
DescriptionImage divided into three sections horizontally. In the first section inscriptions within the top, arched border read "free to all" in the left and "all hands round" in the right. This first section is captioned "Union is Strength" in block beneath the drawing. The second section features inscriptions "Death to us" and "Fun for them" in the top left and right corners, respectfully. In block and in black ink, he caption "Distribution of the sectarian fund" is beneath the image. The caption for the last section "Sectarian Bitterness" lies beneath the drawing in black and 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. Page number "140," publisher, and publication date "February 26, 1870" typeset above image in black ink.
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
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