Our Modern Mummy, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Our Modern Mummy, from "Harper's Weekly"
Our Modern Mummy, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished October 16, 1875
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 5/8 × 9 1/8 in. (27 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 15 5/8 × 10 5/8 in. (39.7 × 27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.295
Not on view
DescriptionFigure wearing crown and wearing belt reading "Justice" is seated on bench reading "Political Bench" and holds scale and sword. She is taped up with tape that reads "Red tape" many times. Her seat is on pedestal reading "The / Supreme / $ / Court". Man to left of pedestal wearing striped suit wears belt reading "Tammany Rin [rest blocked]", man to right of pedestal wearing striped suit wears hat reading "Canal ring". Captioned "TAMMANY TWEEDLEDEE. 'She is going to punish us!' / CANAL TWEEDLEDUM. 'That's the best joke yet.'" 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 right 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. XIX.-No. 981: New York, Saturday, October 16, 1875." Pencil inscription at top right in script.

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