'The Indifference' of Uncle Sam, from "Harper's Weekly"

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'The Indifference' of Uncle Sam, from "Harper's Weekly"
'The Indifference' of Uncle Sam, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished December 9, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 3/8 in. × 9 in. (34 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 16 5/8 × 11 7/16 in. (42.2 × 29.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.353
Not on view
DescriptionFigure standing center left with three heads. Left head has collar reading "Henry / the son / of / water / K. / Tilden / extracts", center head has collar reading "Senatorial / jersey / lightening. / T.F.R. / God / of / battles." Right head has helmet with bird on it covering head, collar reads "New-Yorker / gas / zeitung". Figure wears toga that has skull and crossbones on chest with belt below it reading "The 'Solid' Wind Bac [blocked by man's hand]". Large club leaning against man reading "Tremble / this / [clover illustration] / is / Morrissey's / club." Pile of papers on ground in front of man. Lower right composition tiny man wearing top hat sits on boxy object with dog laying on ground to left of him. Boat on water in background reads "Don't touch / me again-- / short work / next time. / U.S." Captioned "GIANT BLUSTER. 'Fe! Fi!! Fo!!! Fum!!!! I smell--' / UNCLE SAM. 'Oh, give us a rest!'" 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 right composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Page number "996," publisher, and publication date "December 9, 1876" typeset above image in black ink.
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