An 'Aggressive' 'Still Hunt', from "Harper's Weekly"

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An 'Aggressive' 'Still Hunt', from "Harper's Weekly"
An 'Aggressive' 'Still Hunt', from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished September 30, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (27.3 × 23.2 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 number2019.13.340
Not on view
DescriptionDog with head of a man wearing collar reading "Americus" standing in cave labelled "Spain" and dog with head of a man running away wearing collar reading "Usufruct". Teapot under running dog reads "$5.000 / from / W.M. Tweed." Captioned "'Governor Tilden has for years, like a hound on the scent, followed the members of the Ring patiently, secretly, and diligently.'--MR. HEWITT." typeset beneath title in black ink.

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 left 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. 1031: New York, Saturday, September 30, 1876."
'The Indifference' of Uncle Sam, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.259
A Burden He Has to Shoulder, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.256
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Date: published February 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: published December 25, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.304
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Thomas Nast
Date: published November 11, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.153
'Still Hunt'-ing, from "Harper's Weekly"
'Still Hunt'-ing, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 23, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.339
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A Blow and a Bite, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 19, 1881
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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The Next Pardon in the Reform Farce, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Next Pardon in the Reform Farce, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 15, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.285
'The Solid South'- Gaunt and Hungry, from "Harper's Weekly"
'The Solid South'- Gaunt and Hungry, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 21, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Dog-Days, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 11, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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