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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished March 20, 1875
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 12 3/16 in. × 9 in. (31 × 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 15 13/16 × 10 7/8 in. (40.2 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.276
Not on view
DescriptionMan and woman stand in front of a courtroom. Man is holding his hat above his head and has newspapers pinned between his arm and torso. Newspapers read "Louisiana Speech.", "The spirit of / constitutional / government / will soon be / dead.", "Have we / read the / history of / the 'downfall / of / republics' / in vain?", "Der [blocked] wanderer. / Wenn [blocked] die schwalben / heimwarts zeihn." Woman to his right is looking at him, and holding papers above table reading "First allegiance / Rome of U.S.", "Parole of honor / of confederate / soldiers", "After liberal Schurz / ex. Con. Gen. Cockrell. / Mis.", "After liberal / fenton?" Man in background carrying bag that reads "R.F. / N.Y.", other men talking in background. Bench to the right of woman reads "N.Y. / or / Rome." Captioned "HERR CARL SCHURZ. 'Let the hundredth anniversary of the Republic be the confession of its failure, and make up your minds to change the form as well as the nature / of our institutions. To play at republic would then be a mockery.' / OUR REPUBLIC. 'You need not go in morning for me yet.'" typeset beneath title in black ink. Illustration occupies three quarters of sheet height, bellow composition is divided into four columns of an article about Herr Carl Schurz.
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Additional Details
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. Publication date "March 20, 1875," publisher, and page number "241" typeset above image at top of the sheet.
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.256
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Date: published November 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.262
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.259
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 19, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.265
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.270
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.264
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 4, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.301
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 20, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.175
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.257
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 27, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.277
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 11, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.248
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.274