The Quack Frog, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Quack Frog, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Quack Frog, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished May 25, 1878
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 3/8 × 9 1/8 in. (34 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 15 13/16 × 10 15/16 in. (40.2 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.422
On view
DescriptionLarge frog holding flag, wearing sash that reads "Communist [skull and crossbones illustration]" and sitting on rock center left. Flag reads "The / symbol / of / universal / human love." Upper right corner across water fox on top of bank. Captioned "FOX. 'How can you pretend to prescribe for others, who are unable to heal your own lame gait and wrinkled skin?'" typeset beneath title in black ink.
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Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.). Work exhibited in first rotation only, Fall 2024 semester.
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. Publication date "May 25, 1878," publisher, and page number "413" typeset above image at top of the sheet.
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