What H. G. Knows about Bailing, from "Harper's Weekly"

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What H. G. Knows about Bailing, from "Harper's Weekly"
What H. G. Knows about Bailing, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished April 27, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 1/4 × 9 in. (33.7 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 16 × 10 7/8 in. (40.6 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.178
Not on view
DescriptionIllustrations on verso. Sheet divided into thirds, the first third features text titled "The Bird's Nest" accompanied by an image between the two columns of text. An image titled "The Bird's Appeal" occupies the rest of the sheet.
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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 "328," publisher, and publication date "April 27, 1872" typeset above image in black ink.
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 5, 1868
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.100
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
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
No Church Need Apply, from "Harper's Weekly"
No Church Need Apply, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 8, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.282
Justice on the Rail: Erie Railroad (Ring) Smash Up, from "Harper's Weekly"
Justice on the Rail: Erie Railroad (Ring) Smash Up, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 30, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.171
Whoa!—Greenback the Weaver, from "Harper's Weekly"
Whoa!—Greenback the Weaver, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 24, 1880
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.216
Photograph by John Bentham.
Sheikh Sanʿân Beneath the Window of the Christian Woman, from Mantiq al-Tayr (The Conference of the Birds)
Date: mid-16th century
Medium: Double-sided watercolor, ink, and gold leaf on paper
Object number: 1986.29.1a-b
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Fragment of a relief from the Northwest Palace at Nimrud
Date: c. 883-859 BCE
Medium: Gypsum with remnants of red pigment
Object number: 1868.5
What H.G. Knows About Threshing, from "Harper's Weekly"
What H.G. Knows About Threshing, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 13, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.193
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
Blackburnian Warbler, plate 135 from "The Birds of America"
Blackburnian Warbler, plate 135 from "The Birds of America"
John James Audubon
Date: published 1832
Medium: Engraving and aquatint with hand-coloring
Object number: 1985.20
Garibaldi's Entrance into Naples, from the "London Illustrated News"
Garibaldi's Entrance into Naples, from the "London Illustrated News"
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 22, 1860
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.6