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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(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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Additional Details
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.
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 5, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.310
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 28, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.345
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.258