A Blow and a Bite, from "Harper's Weekly"

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A Blow and a Bite, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Blow and a Bite, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished March 19, 1881
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 4 5/8 × 4 5/8 in. (11.7 × 11.7 cm) Sheet: 7 1/8 × 5 1/8 in. (18.1 × 13 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object numberS2019.2.259
Not on view
DescriptionMan with a donkey head stands center left holding a bat that reads "Laws Against Banks." On the right side of the composition a chained dog stands on a matt reading "Beware". The box he is chained to reads "100¢$ Bank. / The National Union / Bank. / Of the People, / For the People, and / By the People. / U.S. / Credit." Captioned "POLITICAL FINANCIER. 'How dare you be so hasty! I'll pay you up for this. I owe you / a grudge.' / THE WATCH-DOG. 'You stupid coward, don't think that I depend on you for a living. You / strike me every chance you get; you hate everything and everybody that helped the Union / during the War." typeset beneath title in black ink. Top of two columns of advertisements below.
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Provenance 2019: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Jay G. Williams.
Markings "3-19-81" inscribed in pencil at upper center sheet.
Signature Signed "Th Nast" in block at lower center composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink; Page number "192" and "Harper's" typeset above image in black ink.
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