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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished December 30, 1871
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 8 1/2 × 13 1/2 in. (21.6 × 34.3 cm)
Sheet: 16 3/16 × 11 1/4 in. (41.1 × 28.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.162
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "Dr. Manning. 'Of all the Nations on the Earth, England has been the most guilty in regard to slavery, and it was most fitting that the reparation to the new liberated slaves should proceed from England' / The Heathen American. 'No, thank you. We have just been emancipated, and if England is responsible for slavery in the United States, I don't care to jump from the English frying-pan into the English fire'" 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.
Inscribed
Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Publication date "December 30, 1871," publisher, and page number "1221" typeset above image at top of the sheet.
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Date: published January 2, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Unknown artist
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: S2018.2.136
Unknown artist
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: S2018.2.137
Date: c. 883-859 BCE
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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