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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished January 1, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 20 1/16 × 13 3/8 in. (51 × 34 cm)
Sheet: 21 11/16 × 15 7/16 in. (55.1 × 39.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.306
Not on view
DescriptionTwo children, a girl asleep in a chair and a boy peering over his left shoulder, await Santa Claus while their parents watch from the door in the background.
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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. Page numbers "8" and "9" and publisher typeset above image in black ink.
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 3, 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: 1937
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Object number: 2020.8.22
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Medium: Plastic bottles, water, food dye, wire and rope
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Date: published December 5 , 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Chromogenic print
Object number: 2009.3