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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished February 6, 1875
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 1/2 × 20 1/4 in. (34.3 × 51.4 cm)
Sheet (a): 15 13/16 × 10 7/8 in. (40.2 × 27.6 cm)
Sheet (b): 15 13/16 × 10 15/16 in. (40.2 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object numberS2019.2.103
Not on view
DescriptionAnimals with spears as faces or on horn charge towards right side of photo. In background building labeled "U.S / wild / bayonet / menace / zoological arsenal." Sights papers throughout illustration have various political headlines. Illustration in square in upper left corner shows a man with a lion head standing on platform labelled "White House". In front of stand is a group of snakes, one snake body reads "Rumor", another "Scandal press.", and another "Copper head press." A knife going into group of snakes has a blade reading "The president's / message" and a handle reading "Truth." In box above illustration reads "'Still another outrage.'", in box below illustration reads "More gnawing to be done." Illustration in square in upper right corner shows a man force feeding a man with donkey head round object reading "The / president's / message / truth. / Fact" Above man sign reads "White House". Two other donkeys in illustration have round objects reading "The truth / facts" in mouths. Quote in square in lower right corner reads "Pres. Grant's Message / of / 'apology,' / for letting the / wild bayonets loose / and causing / such an awful / calamity / in the / country. / His message is quite a differ- / -ent document from the one / originally prepared / (by the press.) / the country is safe again, / and people may walk the / streets once more." Illustration occupies spread, attached to pages 115-120. Four part illustration on page 120 titled "Christian Work in the Streets--the Raw Material."
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Additional Details
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. Page number "116," publisher, and page number "117" typeset above image in black ink.
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.264
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.259
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.262
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 9, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.353
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 20, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.276
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 3, 1880
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.518
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 2, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.266
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.270
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 27, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.277
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 19, 1881
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.259
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.257