The Only ‘Emergencies’ We Need to Fear (?), from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Only ‘Emergencies’ We Need to Fear (?), from "Harper's Weekly"
The Only ‘Emergencies’ We Need to Fear (?), from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished April 6, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 12 15/16 × 9 in. (32.9 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (40 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.172
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "Don Carlos Quixote and Sancho Tiptoe Panza on 'The Path of Duty'" typeset beneath title in black ink. Two columns of text typeset beneath image titled "The French Arms Investigation" 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 left composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Page number "272," publisher, and publication date "April 6, 1872" typeset above image in black ink.
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.100
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Thomas Nast
Date: published May 8, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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The Only Thing They Respect and Fear, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 21, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.149
Wilkes Booth the Second, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1868
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.105
Shakespeare on the Late Riot, from "Harper's Weekly"
Shakespeare on the Late Riot, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 5, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.137
See, Where His Grace Stands between Two Clergymen!, from "Harper's Weekly"
See, Where His Grace Stands between Two Clergymen!, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 20, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.175
Who Backed Down?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Who Backed Down?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 23, 1879
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.193
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A Burden He Has to Shoulder, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.256
Washington, Lincoln, and Grant, from "Harper's Weekly"
Washington, Lincoln, and Grant, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 27, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.272
Shylock, We Would Have Money and Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Shylock, We Would Have Money and Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 6, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.191
The Lion (U.S.G.) Not in Love.--Went to Clip, but Was Clipped, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Lion (U.S.G.) Not in Love.--Went to Clip, but Was Clipped, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 27, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.325
Whose Funeral Is It?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Whose Funeral Is It?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 20, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.276