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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished October 7, 1871
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 8 5/8 × 11 1/2 in. (21.9 × 29.2 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 11 1/8 in. (40.6 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.146
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "They no sooner heard the cry, than, guessing how the matter stood, they issued forth with great promptitude; and, shouting 'Stop Thief!' too joined in the pursuit like good citizens" from "Oliver Twist" typeset beneath title in black ink.
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Additional Details
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 "940," publisher, and publication date "October 7, 1871" typeset above image in black ink.
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Date: 1845
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Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.115
Date: early 19th century
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Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.108
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Date: 1979
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.9
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.221
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Date: published November 11, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.155
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Date: published June 13, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.243
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 18, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.183
George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.113