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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished July 4, 1874
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 5/16 × 9 1/8 in. (26.2 × 23.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 5/8 × 10 7/8 in. (39.7 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.247
Not on view
DescriptionTwo men standing, woman standing in background. Man on left side resting his hand on a table with piece of paper on it reading "The overwhelming / sentiment / of the / people / is / unmistakable / for / more money / Morton / Financial Chart." Man on left scratching his head with hook replacement for hand. 3 pictures hanging in background. Notice hanging up that reads "Notice / wanted immediately / people that are / satisfied / with what they have / apply". Bill hanging below it reads "The Inflation Currency Bill / The bill has been proposed in / spirit of compromise having / in view such an expansion of the / currency as may be necessary / to meet the demands of the / country and at the same / time bring the currency / by gradual progress / to par value. / Morton". Captioned "CAPTAIN LOGAN CUTTLE (tapping upon his head, to hint to her that the brain of Bunsby was hard at it). 'A man of mind, and a man as can give an opinion. Being a / man of science, which is the mother of inwention, and knows no law.' / J. MORTON BUNSBY. 'My name's Jack (M.) Bunsby-and what I says I stands to. Whereby, why not? What odds? Can any man say otherwise? No. Awast then!'" 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. XVIII.-No. 914: New York, Saturday, July 4, 1874."
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 6, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.242
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 4, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.246
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.256
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 27, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.245
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.262
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.257
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.273
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.274
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.259
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.264
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 2, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.266
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 19, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.265