The Consoling Truth, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Consoling Truth, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Consoling Truth, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished November 15, 1873
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 1/2 × 9 1/16 in. (26.7 × 23 cm) Sheet: 15 13/16 × 11 3/16 in. (40.2 × 28.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.223
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "Miss Columbia. 'How is it that there are so many defalcations and betrayals of trust?' / Uncle Sam (Chief of U. S. Police). 'Every thing comes to the surface in our country; but on the other side of the Atlantic they have the power of keeping their / frauds in the dark" 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. 881: New York, Saturday, November 15, 1873."
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