Pitiful Reform, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Pitiful Reform, from "Harper's Weekly"
Pitiful Reform, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished October 30, 1875
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 3/8 × 9 1/8 in. (34 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 15 13/16 × 10 13/16 in. (40.2 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.296
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "NEW YORK. 'Must I look for Reform and Reforms HERE?'" 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. Page number "876," publisher, and publication date "October 30, 1875" typeset above image in black ink.
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