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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished July 13, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 13/16 × 9 1/8 in. (27.5 × 23.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 11 in. (40 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.193
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "And now 'He comes among us to ask that we adopt him as our Party Chief!': New York WOrld, June 6, 1872" 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 left 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. 811: New York, Saturday, July 13, 1872."
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Date: published July 20, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: published April 27, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: published November 15, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: published June 26, 1869
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Unknown artist
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: S2018.2.137
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Date: published May 18, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.184
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Date: published November 11, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.153
Michael Rakowitz
Date: 2020
Medium: Middle Eastern food packaging, Arabic-language U.S. newspapers, and glue, with accompanying didactic information
Object number: 2021.5.3
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Date: published June 27, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.245
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1868
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.105
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.273
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 13, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.173