Let Us Think Twice before we Let Loose the Dogs of War, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Let Us Think Twice before we Let Loose the Dogs of War, from "Harper's Weekly"
Let Us Think Twice before we Let Loose the Dogs of War, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished December 13, 1873
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 20 × 13 3/4 in. (50.8 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 21 13/16 × 15 3/4 in. (55.4 × 40 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.226
On view
DescriptionSpans two pages within a folio of continuous pages with an illustration titled "Shelter for the Homeless: Night Scene in a New York Station".
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Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.). Work exhibited in first rotation only, Fall 2024 semester.
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 numbers "1112" and "1113" and publisher typeset above image in black ink.
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