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Continue that I Broached in Jest, from "Harper's Weekly"
Continue that I Broached in Jest, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished June 24, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 5/8 × 8 7/8 in. (27 × 22.5 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 number2019.13.329
Not on view
DescriptionMan sits on a stool in the center of the composition writing on frame that reads "Republican Slate / (?)". Inside frame reads "For / President of the United States / H. Fish / of / New York / for / Vice President / Gov. Hayes / of / Ohio." Poster in background reads "Republican / Convention / Cincinnati June 14".
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Additional Details

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 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. XX.-No. 1017.] New York, Saturday, June 24, 1876. With a Supplement / Price Ten Cents. / Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1876, by Harper & Brothers, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."; "--SHAKSPEARE." typeset following title in black ink.
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