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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished June 17, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 1/2 in. × 9 in. (34.3 × 22.9 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 number2019.13.328
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "--Again (?)" typeset following title in black ink. Captioned "BRITISH LION (to Lord D--Unicorn). 'What! give up the Fugitive Slave, and NOT the Criminal Fugitive!" typeset beneath title in black ink.
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.). Work exhibited in second rotation only, Spring 2025 semester.
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.). Work exhibited in second rotation only, Spring 2025 semester.
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 "496," publisher, and publication date "June 17, 1876" typeset above image in black ink.
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 27, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.177
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.258
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 14, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.294
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 4, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.247
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 27, 1878
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.417
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 9, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.353
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 27, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.245
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 24, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.167
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 27, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.325
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 15, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.285
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.262
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 20, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.194