Hung High by the Hanging Commitee, Art Critic: A Private View, and Varnishing Day N.A.D.

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Photo by John Bentham.
Hung High by the Hanging Commitee, Art Critic: A Private View, and Varnishing Day N.A.D.
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datec.1870
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 7 7/8 × 12 1/2 in. (20 × 31.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist's son
Object number1944.1.6a-b
Not on view
DescriptionAmerican Reconstruction Era. Double-sided pen and ink sketches with three distinct compositions.
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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.
Inscribed Recto: "Hung High by the Hanging Commitee / Art Critic. / A Private View"
Verso: "Varnishing Day N.A.D."
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