Tied To His Mother’s Apron Strings, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Tied To His Mother’s Apron Strings, from "Harper's Weekly"
Tied To His Mother’s Apron Strings, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished October 12, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 8 5/8 × 13 7/8 in. (21.9 × 35.2 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (40 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.207
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "U. S. 'Allow me to sever you from your foreign mother (church). You are as able to take care of yourself as your brethren of other sects" 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. Page number "788," publisher, and publication date "December 12, 1872" typeset along right perimeter of composition at top of sheet in black ink.
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