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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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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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