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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished July 11, 1874
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 8 15/16 × 13 1/4 in. (22.7 × 33.7 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 15 11/16 in. (27.6 × 39.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.248
On view
DescriptionWoman in Greek/Roman dress dragging two dog police officers on chains. Dragging them towards building with sign reading "N.Y. City Pound." Window reads "50 cents reward for dog stealing / all / dogs / found / on the street / not muzzled / cats allowed to go about / without being / muzzled / the art of dog / stealing / taught by the / city fathers". Sign on building to left reads "Police outraces / see daily papers / clubbed to death". In background woman and child walking away, police dog trying to get into townhouse, two police dogs clubbing man lying on ground. Bottom right two feet of man not in picture near curb. Captioned "Watch-DOGS that ought to be taken up.-[See Page 582.]" typeset beneath title in black ink.
Collections
Additional Details
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.
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 right composition.
Inscribed
Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Page number "580," publisher, and publication date "July 11, 1874" typeset above image in black ink.
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Albumen print
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.7.9
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.353
Unknown artist
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: S2018.2.137