The Two Ring Tailors, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Two Ring Tailors, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Two Ring Tailors, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished December 4, 1875
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 3/8 in. × 9 in. (34 × 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 number2019.13.301
Not on view
DescriptionMan center right standing behind coulter holding up striped suit. Above him four suits hang, one labeled "Old / Tammany / Ring / Suits.". Woman center left wearing long toga and crown reading "N.Y." and holding newspapers and points up at handing suits. Captioned "NEW YORK. 'Get rid of the Suits you have on hand first: don't accumulate so much Stock. The Big Show business don't pay, you see. There is BRISTOW now, / who does a very quiet business; but he finds the Customers to wear his Whisky Suits.'" 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.
Markings None noted.
Signature Signed "Th Nast" in block at lower left composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Page number "988," publisher, and publication date "December 4, 1875" typeset above image in black ink.
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