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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished March 6, 1880
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 5/16 × 9 1/16 in. (33.8 × 23 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 5/8 in. (40 × 27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.502
Not on view
DescriptionMan wearing toga with a donkey’s head stands in a court full of men. A sign on the ground next to him reads "A / Mid- / Winter / Night's / Dream. / By [Illegible]." The donkey-man holds papers in his hands reading "Inflation Resolutions / That Will / Ruin Any Nation:", "Inflation Resolutions / Everybody to Have More Greenbacks, / To Equalize the Pay the People / Received During the Late War.", "Inflation / Resolutions", and "$500.000.000 / Greenbacks / to Equalize / the Pay of / Soldiers / and / Sailors." Captioned "GREENBACK, THE WEAVER (from Iowa). 'I see their knavery: this is to make an ass of me; to fright me if they could. But I will not stir from this place, do what they can: I / will walk up and down here, and I will sing, that they shall hear I am not afraid.'" typeset beneath title in black ink.
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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; Publication date "March 6, 1880.]" publisher, and page number "149" typeset above image at top of the sheet.
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.246
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.247
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Date: 2018
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Object number: 2020.1
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Date: published November 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.262
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Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.258
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Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.257
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Date: published December 4, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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