’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."
Wilkes Booth the Second, from "Harper's Weekly"
Wilkes Booth the Second, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1868
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.105
A Burden He Has to Shoulder, from "Harper's Weekly"
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
Homo-Phobia, from "Harper's Weekly"
Homo-Phobia, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 10, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.290
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
Shakespeare on the ‘Liberal’ Campaign of Slander, from "Harper's Weekly"
Shakespeare on the ‘Liberal’ Campaign of Slander, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 4, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.180
'The Indifference' of Uncle Sam, from "Harper's Weekly"
'The Indifference' of Uncle Sam, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 9, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.353
Britannia Lionizing our Modern Ulysses, from "Harper's Weekly"
Britannia Lionizing our Modern Ulysses, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 30, 1877
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.382
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
The Next Pardon in the Reform Farce, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Next Pardon in the Reform Farce, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 15, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.285
without frame. Photograph by John Bentham.
British attacking a gunboat
William Smyth
Date: 1849
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object number: 1971.19
The ‘Funny’ Little Boy in Trouble, from "Harper's Weekly"
The ‘Funny’ Little Boy in Trouble, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.262
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