The Same Old Christmas Story Over Again, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Same Old Christmas Story Over Again, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Same Old Christmas Story Over Again, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished January 4, 1873
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 11/16 × 21 1/4 in. (34.8 × 54 cm) Sheet: 16 × 22 3/8 in. (40.6 × 56.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.216
Not on view
DescriptionTwo sleeping children, a girl and a boy, occupy the center of the composition. Depictions of incidents from fairytales and other stories, which are scaled down, interact around them.
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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 / 1872" in block at lower right composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Page numbers "8" and "9" and publisher typeset above image in black ink.
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