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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished August 10, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (27.3 × 23.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 13/16 × 11 3/16 in. (40.2 × 28.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.196
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "You can't play the old Trojan Horse game on Uncle Sam" 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. 815: New York, Saturday, August 10, 1872."
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.274
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 20, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.227
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 8, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.222
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 16, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.354
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 13, 1877
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.358
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 16, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.159
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 June 8, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.188
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 20, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.276
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 29, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.225
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 9, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.353