The Ignorant Vote---Honors are Easy, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Ignorant Vote---Honors are Easy, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Ignorant Vote---Honors are Easy, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished December 9, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (27.5 × 23 cm) Sheet: 16 5/16 × 11 7/16 in. (41.4 × 29.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.352
Not on view
DescriptionScale with two men sitting in trays. Top of scale reads "South" on left and "North" on right. Tray hanging from left side reads "Black" and right tray reads "White".

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 Publisher banner headline typeset above image in black ink: "Harper's Weekly / Journal of Civilization / Vol. XX.-No. 1041: New York, Saturday, December 9, 1876."
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