C’est la belle France, Das ist Des Deutschen Vaterland (This is Beautiful France, That is the German Fatherland), from "Harper's Weekly"

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C’est la belle France, Das ist Des Deutschen Vaterland (This is Beautiful France, That is the German Fatherland), from "Harper's Weekly"
C’est la belle France, Das ist Des Deutschen Vaterland (This is Beautiful France, That is the German Fatherland), from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished April 15, 1871
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 × 20 1/2 in. (33 × 52.1 cm) Sheet: 15 13/16 × 21 1/2 in. (40.2 × 54.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.130
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 right composition.
Inscribed Title in block across bottom of composition in black ink. Page numbers "348" and "349" and publisher typeset above image in black ink.
Prisoners at Richmond: Union Troops Prisoners at Belle Isle, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5 , 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.48
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Thomas Nast
Date: published July 27, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.195
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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"
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Thomas Nast
Date: published December 30, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.162
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.187
The Last Shot of the Honorable Senator from Massachusetts, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Thomas Nast
Date: published June 22, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.190
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Thomas Nast
Date: published July 25, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.249
Street Scene in London: Winter Evening, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Thomas Nast
Date: April 2,1859
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.1
Gallant Color Bearer, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Thomas Nast
Date: published September 20, 1862
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.17
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A Rebel Guerrilla Raid in a Western Town, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 27, 1862
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.19
General McClellan Entering the Town of Frederick, Maryland: the Popular Welcome, from "Harper's Weekly"
General McClellan Entering the Town of Frederick, Maryland: the Popular Welcome, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 4, 1862
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.20
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Thomas Nast
Date: published October 25, 1862
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.21