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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished November 24, 1877
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 13/16 × 9 1/8 in. (27.5 × 23.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 3/8 in. (40 × 26.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.391
Not on view
DescriptionAmerican Reconstruction Era. Elephant handing from cliff with trunk handing onto tree at edge of cliff. Cliff reads "Massachusetts / Connecticut / Wisconsin. / Minnesota. / Kansas." Elephant's stomach reads "Republican / Party".
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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 left composition.
Inscribed
Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Publisher banner headline typeset above image in black ink: "Harper's Weekly / Journal of Civilization / Vol. XXI.-No. 1091: New York, Saturday, November 24, 1877."
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