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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datec. 1869
MediumGraphite on paper
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 3 5/8 × 8 1/2 in. (9.2 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist's son
Object number1944.1.4a-b
Not on view
DescriptionPencil sketch depicting assorted figures and notes. Verso depicts handwritten receipt to Thomas Nast for burlesques bought of G.P. Putnam & Sons.
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Provenance
1943: Hamilton College, by gift of Mabel Nast Crawford and Cyril Nast;
? - 1943: Thomas Nast family (Mrs. Thomas Nast, Thomas Nast Jr., Mabel Nast Crawford, and Cyril Nast), presumably by gift or inheritance from the artist.
? - 1943: Thomas Nast family (Mrs. Thomas Nast, Thomas Nast Jr., Mabel Nast Crawford, and Cyril Nast), presumably by gift or inheritance from the artist.
Inscribed
Verso (pencil): "Write to Symans about H.D. an [sic] the Posters"
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 8, 1888
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 1944.1.33
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1868
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1944.1.14a-b
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1897
Medium: Graphite and ink on paper
Object number: 1944.1.1a-b
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1894
Medium: Graphite on an envelope
Object number: 1944.1.20a-b
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1860-1880
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1944.1.16
Nicholas Pocock
Date: 1789
Medium: Graphite and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.15
William C. Palmer
Date: 1938
Medium: Ink and graphite on paper
Object number: WCP.XXX.38