Shakespeare on the ‘Liberal’ Campaign of Slander, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Shakespeare on the ‘Liberal’ Campaign of Slander, from "Harper's Weekly"
Shakespeare on the ‘Liberal’ Campaign of Slander, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished May 4, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (11.4 × 11.4 cm) Composition: 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (11.4 × 11.4 cm) Composition: 4 7/16 × 4 1/2 in. (11.3 × 11.4 cm) Composition: 4 3/8 × 4 1/2 in. (11.1 × 11.4 cm) Sheet: 15 5/8 × 11 1/8 in. (39.7 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.180
Not on view
DescriptionCaption for composition a from "RIchard III., Act I., Scene I."; caption for composition b from "Julius Caesar, Act III., Scene II."; caption for composition c from "RIchard III., Act III., Scene VII.,"; and caption for composition d from "Hamlet, Act II., Scene II.". All captions typeset beneath images 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 of each composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath images and text at bottom of the sheet in black ink. Publisher banner headline typeset above image in black ink: "Harper's Weekly / Journal of Civilization / Vol. XVI.-No. 801: New York, Saturday, May 4, 1872."
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
It is the Immediate Jewel of Her Soul, from "Harper's Weekly"
It is the Immediate Jewel of Her Soul, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 4, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.179
Not So Easily Played Upon, from "Harper's Weekly"
Not So Easily Played Upon, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 27, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.177
Not 'Love' but Justice, from "Harper's Weekly"
Not 'Love' but Justice, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 26, 1869
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.107
Thanksgiving-Day, November 26, 1863, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thanksgiving-Day, November 26, 1863, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5 , 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.47
Photograph by John Bentham.
Scene from "Imoseyama onna teikin (An Example of Noble Womanhood, or The Teachings for Women)"
Toyokuni III
Date: 1852
Medium: Polychrome woodblock print on two sheets of paper
Object number: 1994.92
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
Lead Us Not into Temptation, from "Harper's Weekly"
Lead Us Not into Temptation, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 19, 1868
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.101
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
The Horse and His Rider, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Horse and His Rider, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 27, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.245
Tammany Tiger Loose: 'What Are You Going to Do About It?', from "Harper's Weekly"
Tammany Tiger Loose: 'What Are You Going to Do About It?', from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 11, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.153
South Carrollton Avenue, from the series "The Offing"
South Carrollton Avenue, from the series "The Offing"
Casey Ruble
Date: 2012
Medium: Paper collage
Object number: 2013.4.1