Satan, Don’t Get Thee Behind Me!, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Satan, Don’t Get Thee Behind Me!, from "Harper's Weekly"
Satan, Don’t Get Thee Behind Me!, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished August 17, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 19 7/16 × 12 15/16 in. (49.4 × 32.9 cm) Sheet: 21 7/16 × 15 3/4 in. (54.5 × 40 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.197
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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.
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