'Another Such Victory, and I am Undone’--Pyrrhus, from "Harper's Weekly"

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'Another Such Victory, and I am Undone’--Pyrrhus, from "Harper's Weekly"
'Another Such Victory, and I am Undone’--Pyrrhus, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished March 24, 1877
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 1/4 × 8 15/16 in. (33.7 × 22.7 cm) Sheet: 15 11/16 × 11 1/16 in. (39.8 × 28.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.371
Not on view
DescriptionElephant with bandages around trunk, on head, and on side, wearing a sling and sitting with a cane in front of him. His cut off tail is on the ground to its right. A grave to its left reads "Here / lies / the / Democratic / tiger. / Greatly mourned / by the bereaved / filibusters."
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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. Page number "232," publisher, and publication date "March 24, 1877" typeset above image in black ink.
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