That Boodleful Dinner at Delmonico’s before the Election, from "Harper's Weekly"

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That Boodleful Dinner at Delmonico’s before the Election, from "Harper's Weekly"
That Boodleful Dinner at Delmonico’s before the Election, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished November 15, 1884
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 12 5/8 × 9 1/4 in. (32.1 × 23.5 cm) Sheet: 15 5/8 × 11 1/16 in. (39.7 × 28.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.600
Not on view

Additional Details

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 left composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Page number "758," publisher, and "Volume XXVII., No. 1456" typeset above image in black ink.
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