’Twas the Night before Christmas, from Harper's Weekly

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’Twas the Night before Christmas, from Harper's Weekly
’Twas the Night before Christmas, from Harper's Weekly
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished December 25, 1886
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 11 1/4 × 8 11/16 in. (28.6 × 22.1 cm) Sheet: 15 5/8 × 11 1/8 in. (39.7 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.639
Not on view
DescriptionArrangement of various pictures, plants, books, and vases occupy the background. Two mice sleeping in miniature beds entertain in the foreground.
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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. Caption under title, "and all through the house / Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse" typeset in black ink. Publisher banner headline typeset above image in black ink: "Harper's Weekly / Journal of Civilization / Vol. XXX.-No. 1566 / Copyright, 1886, by Harper & Brothers: New York, Saturday, December 25, 1886." Graphite inscription "256" and "28" above the left and right headline corners, respectively.
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