Great Expectations, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Great Expectations, from "Harper's Weekly"
Great Expectations, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished May 18, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 1/2 × 9 in. (34.3 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 11 in. (40 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.183
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "A (mud) mountain was once greatly agitated. Loud groans and noises were heard; and crowds of people came from all parts to see what was the matter. After long expectation and many wise conjectures from the by-standers, out popped a: mouse!" 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. Page number "392," publisher, and publication date "May 18, 1872" typeset above image in black ink.
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