Precious Jewel of thy Home Return, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Precious Jewel of thy Home Return, from "Harper's Weekly"
Precious Jewel of thy Home Return, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished September 5, 1874
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 13/16 × 9 1/8 in. (27.5 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 15 5/8 × 10 13/16 in. (39.7 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.252
Not on view
DescriptionMan walking off boat ramp holding top hat and shaking hand of one man in a group of five on land. Behind the man disembarking, someone carries a trunk on their shoulders with stamps and "Marshall Jewell / US" written on it. Sign above the group of five men reads "Welcome / home". Crowd on boat appears to be cheering for the man disembarking. "-Shakespeare." typset after 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 center 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. 923: New York, Saturday, September, 1874."
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