Keeping the Money Where it will Do the Most Good, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Keeping the Money Where it will Do the Most Good, from "Harper's Weekly"
Keeping the Money Where it will Do the Most Good, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished October 11, 1873
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (27.3 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 11 3/16 in. (40 × 28.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.220
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "Uncle Sam. 'Look out boys, they say he's a Caesar (seiz-er)" 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. Publisher banner headline typeset above image in black ink: "Harper's Weekly / Journal of Civilization / Vol. XVII.-No. 876: New York, Saturday, October 11, 1873."
The ‘Funny’ Little Boy in Trouble, from "Harper's Weekly"
The ‘Funny’ Little Boy in Trouble, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.262
Let the Good Work (House-Cleaning) Go On, from Harper's Weekly
Let the Good Work (House-Cleaning) Go On, from Harper's Weekly
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 16, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.159
The Mysterious Influence of the New York ‘Herald!’, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Mysterious Influence of the New York ‘Herald!’, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.270
'Where there is an Evil' (Caesarism Scare) 'There is a Remedy': (Ridicule), from "Harper's Weekly"
'Where there is an Evil' (Caesarism Scare) 'There is a Remedy': (Ridicule), from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 8, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.221
February 22, 1876, from "Harper's Weekly"
February 22, 1876, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 4, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.314
The Foreign Church (Roman) Declaring War Upon Our National Public Schools, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Foreign Church (Roman) Declaring War Upon Our National Public Schools, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 8, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.222
The Outs Always Wake Up the Ins, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Outs Always Wake Up the Ins, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 2, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.266
'By Inflation You Will Burst' and 'Let Well Enough Alone, and don't Make it Worse', from "Harper's Weekly"
'By Inflation You Will Burst' and 'Let Well Enough Alone, and don't Make it Worse', from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 20, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.227
The Hobby in the Kinder-Garten, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Hobby in the Kinder-Garten, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.257
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 5, 1868
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.100
Shylock, We Would Have Money and Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Shylock, We Would Have Money and Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 6, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.191
What Are You Going to do About It?, from "Harper's Weekly"
What Are You Going to do About It?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 18, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.184