Let the Good Work (House-Cleaning) Go On, from Harper's Weekly

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Let the Good Work (House-Cleaning) Go On, from Harper's Weekly
Let the Good Work (House-Cleaning) Go On, from Harper's Weekly
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished December 16, 1871
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 in. × 13 11/16 in. (22.9 × 34.8 cm) Sheet: 15 11/16 × 10 7/8 in. (39.8 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.159
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "Miss Columbia. 'Uncle Sam. You keep on cleaning the ballot-box, while I give this a scrubbing: goodness knows, it needs it!'" typeset beneath 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. Page number "1172," publisher, and publication date "December 16, 1871" typeset along right perimeter of composition at top of sheet in black ink.
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