Too Thin, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Too Thin, from "Harper's Weekly"
Too Thin, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished September 30, 1871
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (27.3 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 16 × 11 3/4 in. (40.6 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.144
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "We know nothing about the stolen vouchers / We are innocent" typeset on either side of the title 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. XV.-No. 770: New York, Saturday, September 30, 1871."
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Thomas Nast
Date: published October 21, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
Date: published March 4, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.314
Justice and Peace, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Thomas Nast
Date: published December 2, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.351
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A Moonshine Scene, from Harper's Weekly
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 27, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.277
The Mysterious Influence of the New York ‘Herald!’, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Date: published February 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.270
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Thomas Nast
Date: published March 20, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.276
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Homo-Phobia, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 10, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.290
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Going Through the Form of Universal Suffrage, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 11, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.155
An Inflation Opinion, from "Harper's Weekly"
An Inflation Opinion, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 4, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.247
A Box Stew; or, An Enviable Position, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Box Stew; or, An Enviable Position, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 9, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.338
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Food For the Tricky Statesman, and Death to Our Honorable Army, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 12, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.311