'The Pirates,' Under False Colors: Can They Capture the Ship of State?, from "Harper's Weekly"

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'The Pirates,' Under False Colors: Can They Capture the Ship of State?, from "Harper's Weekly"
'The Pirates,' Under False Colors: Can They Capture the Ship of State?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished November 9, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 3/4 × 20 3/4 in. (34.9 × 52.7 cm) Sheet: 16 5/16 × 23 1/4 in. (41.4 × 59.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.212
Not on view
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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. Page numbers "872" and "873" and publisher typeset above image in black ink.
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