A Truce---Not a Compromise, from "Harper's Weekly"

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A Truce---Not a Compromise, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Truce---Not a Compromise, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished February 17, 1877
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 in. × 13 1/4 in. (22.9 × 33.7 cm) Sheet: 16 × 10 in. (40.6 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.364
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned, "but a chance for high-toned gentlemen to retire gracefully from their very civil declarations of war." typeset beneath title in black ink.

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 "132," publisher, and publication date "February 17, 1877" typeset above image in black ink.
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