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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished May 25, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (24.8 × 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 number2019.13.185
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "Anything to make our republic look ridiculous" typeset beneath title in black ink.
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Additional Details
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. 804: New York, Saturday, May 25, 1872."
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 20, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.276
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.262
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 19, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.265
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 27, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.177
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 27, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.245
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 20, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.227
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 2, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.266
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 1, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.317
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 11, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.220
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 30, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.296
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 11, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.303
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.273