’Liberal’ Gratitude, from "Harper's Weekly"

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’Liberal’ Gratitude, from "Harper's Weekly"
’Liberal’ Gratitude, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished May 11, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (27.3 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 11 1/16 in. (40 × 28.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.181
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "Now that the good ship Union has safely passed through the Sea of Trouble into peaceful Waters, shall the Helmsman be thrown overboard?" 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 right 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. 802: New York, Saturday, May 11, 1872."
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Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1868
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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A Burden He Has to Shoulder, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.256
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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