Look Pleasant. I'll Do the Rest

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Photo by John Bentham.
Look Pleasant. I'll Do the Rest
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datec. 1880-1900
MediumGraphite on paper
DimensionsComposition/Sheet (Irregular): 13 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (33.7 × 26 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist's son
Object number1944.1.8
Not on view
DescriptionDepicts a photographer standing beside his camera.
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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, top (pencil): "Look Pleasant / I'll do / the / rest."
Photo by John Bentham.
Thomas Nast
Date: 1892
Medium: Ink and graphite on paper with collaged elements
Object number: 1944.1.75
Photo by John Bentham.
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1869
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1944.1.4a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Thomas Nast
Date: n.d.
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1944.1.11
King Andy I: How He Will Look and What He Will Do, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 3, 1866
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.83
Photo by John Bentham.
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1897
Medium: Graphite and ink on paper
Object number: 1944.1.1a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Thomas Nast
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Ink and graphite on paper
Object number: 1944.1.2a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Thomas Nast
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1944.1.3a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Thomas Nast
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1944.1.5
Photo by John Bentham.
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1869
Medium: Ink and graphite on paper
Object number: 1944.1.7a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1866
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1944.1.9
Photo by John Bentham.
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1863
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1944.1.10
Photo by John Bentham.
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1868
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1944.1.14a-b