Napoleon / 'Dead Men’s Clothes Soon Wear Out', from "Harper's Weekly"

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Napoleon / 'Dead Men’s Clothes Soon Wear Out', from "Harper's Weekly"
Napoleon / 'Dead Men’s Clothes Soon Wear Out', from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished September 10, 1870
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 12 × 9 1/16 in. (30.5 × 23 cm) Sheet: 16 1/4 × 11 5/16 in. (41.3 × 28.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.120
Not on view
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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 left composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Page number "588," publisher, and publication date "September 10, 1870" typeset above image in black ink.
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