Shylock, We Would Have Money and Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Shylock, We Would Have Money and Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Shylock, We Would Have Money and Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished July 6, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 12 3/8 × 9 1/16 in. (31.4 × 23 cm) Sheet: 15 5/8 × 11 3/16 in. (39.7 × 28.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.191
Not on view
DescriptionCaption from "Merchant of Venice, Act I., Scene III." typeset beneath title in black ink. Illustration on verso titled "Can He Do It" by "G Bull". Image at the bottom right, occupying half the width and one-fourth of the hight of the sheet.
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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. Page number "528," publisher, and publication date "July 6, 1872" typeset above image in black ink.
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
Justice on the Rail: Erie Railroad (Ring) Smash Up, from "Harper's Weekly"
Justice on the Rail: Erie Railroad (Ring) Smash Up, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 30, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.171
Who Backed Down?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Who Backed Down?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 23, 1879
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.193
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
The New Organ-(We Beg the 'Tribune's' Pardon)-ization on its 'New Departure': Anything To Get Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
The New Organ-(We Beg the 'Tribune's' Pardon)-ization on its 'New Departure': Anything To Get Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 8, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.188
Whoa!—Greenback the Weaver, from "Harper's Weekly"
Whoa!—Greenback the Weaver, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 24, 1880
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.216
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
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
What H. G. Knows about Bailing, from "Harper's Weekly"
What H. G. Knows about Bailing, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 27, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.178
Photograph by John Bentham.
Sheikh Sanʿân Beneath the Window of the Christian Woman, from Mantiq al-Tayr (The Conference of the Birds)
Date: mid-16th century
Medium: Double-sided watercolor, ink, and gold leaf on paper
Object number: 1986.29.1a-b
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
How the Copperheads Obtain their Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
How the Copperheads Obtain their Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 12, 1864
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.65