Six Days with the Devil and One with God, and Untitled Sketches

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Photo by John Bentham.
Six Days with the Devil and One with God, and Untitled Sketches
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datec. 1869
MediumInk and graphite on paper
DimensionsSheet: 7 3/4 in. × 9 in. (19.7 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist's son
Object number1944.1.7a-b
Not on view
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Additional Details

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, bottom (ink): "Six days [word scratched out, "six 6 to one / Six days to one." annotated in pencil] with the devil and one with God. / Business man to Christianity. I am too busy to see you ["now" added above], wait / unto Sunday."
Recto, top left (ink): "Page 'where is the / difference'"
Recto, top (pencil): "Make merry no matter how / pray forgiveness"
Six Days with the Devil and One with God, from "Harper's Weekly"
Six Days with the Devil and One with God, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 3, 1869
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.28
Photo by John Bentham.
Untitled [various sketches]
Thomas Nast
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Ink and graphite on paper
Object number: 1944.1.2a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Untitled Pencil Sketches
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1868
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1944.1.14a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Untitled Pencil Sketches
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1860-1880
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1944.1.16
Photo by John Bentham.
Untitled Pencil Sketches
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1894
Medium: Graphite on an envelope
Object number: 1944.1.20a-b
Image Not Available for Untitled [sketches of two feet]
Untitled [sketches of two feet]
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Date: c. 1911-13
Medium: Ink and graphite on tracing paper
Object number: 2001.3.4
Photo by John Bentham.
Untitled sketch (Dead for US)
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1897
Medium: Graphite and ink on paper
Object number: 1944.1.1a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Union Veteran
Thomas Nast
Date: 1892
Medium: Ink and graphite on paper with collaged elements
Object number: 1944.1.75
Photo by John Bentham.
Untitled Sketches: Horse and Rider, and Profile of a Girl
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Date: c. 1912
Medium: Graphite and chalk on buff paper
Object number: 1994.98a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Untitled Sketches: Study of a Duck and Cafe Scene
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Date: 20th century
Medium: Black chalk and graphite on buff paper
Object number: 1994.99a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Untitled (Animal Sketches)
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Date: c. 1912-1913
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1984.447
Photo by John Bentham.
Untitled (Animal Sketches)
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Date: c. 1912-1913
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1984.426