The Republic Is Not Ungrateful, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Republic Is Not Ungrateful, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Republic Is Not Ungrateful, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished April 13, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 9/16 × 9 in. (26.8 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 16 5/8 × 11 9/16 in. (42.2 × 29.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.173
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "It is not what is charged but what is proved that damages the party defendant. Any one may be accused of the most heinous offenses; the Savious of mankind was not only arraigned but convicted; but what of it? Facts alone are decisive" from the "New York Tribune, March 13, 1872" 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 left 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. XVI.-No. 798.: New York, Saturday, April 13, 1872."
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