Thanksgiving Finance, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Thanksgiving Finance, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thanksgiving Finance, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished December 4, 1875
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 9 3/16 in. (27.3 × 23.3 cm) Sheet: 15 13/16 in. × 11 in. (40.2 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.302
Not on view
DescriptionMan sitting in front of fireplace with newspaper covering his face. Boy leaning up on his chair. Small child in front of man sitting on ground with a doll. Woman in background in same room, another woman in background in other room getting food ready. Captioned "SMALL BOY (who has been on the Street). 'Pa, if our Turkey repudiates, will it be Inflation or Contraction?'" 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. 988: New York, Saturday, December 4, 1875."
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