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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(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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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: published February 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.270
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Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.257
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.264
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Date: published September 30, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.340
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Date: published March 27, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.277
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Date: published January 16, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.268
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 4, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.247
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.259
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 27, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.271
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.256
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.273