Whoa!—Greenback the Weaver, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Whoa!—Greenback the Weaver, from "Harper's Weekly"
Whoa!—Greenback the Weaver, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished April 24, 1880
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (11.4 × 11.4 cm) Sheet: 16 5/16 × 11 13/16 in. (41.4 × 30 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object numberS2019.2.216
Not on view
DescriptionA man falling over has a donkey head. A piece of paper around the donkey's neck reads "Revolutionary Resolutions. / To Run This Nation's Credit." Captioned "His frantic delight at being recognized by the Speaker and the inflated Democratic House." typeset beneath title in black ink. Illustration occupies the top left of the sheet, spanning half the width and a third of the height. The sheet is divided into four columns of advertisements.
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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 "272," publisher, and publication date "[April 24, 1880." typeset above image in black ink.
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 5, 1868
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.100
Who Backed Down?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Who Backed Down?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 23, 1879
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.193
The Horse and His Rider, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Horse and His Rider, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 27, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.245
Let Him Roar, Mr. Speaker, from "Harper's Weekly"
Let Him Roar, Mr. Speaker, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 6, 1880
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.502
The Next Thing in Order, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Next Thing in Order, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 23, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.241
No Church Need Apply, from "Harper's Weekly"
No Church Need Apply, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 8, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.282
A Blow and a Bite, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Blow and a Bite, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 19, 1881
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.259
The Biggest Scare and Hoax Yet!--The Wild Animals Let Loose Again by the Zoomorphism Press, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Biggest Scare and Hoax Yet!--The Wild Animals Let Loose Again by the Zoomorphism Press, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.103
What H. G. Knows about Bailing, from "Harper's Weekly"
What H. G. Knows about Bailing, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 27, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.178
Whose Funeral Is It?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Whose Funeral Is It?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 20, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.276
Photograph by John Bentham.
Interior Detail, West Virginia Coal Miner's House
Walker Evans
Date: 1935, printed later
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2005.2.1
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Comic actor on a donkey
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: date unknown
Medium: Terracotta with remnants of pigment
Object number: INV.635