The President's Message, from "The Daily Graphic"

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The President's Message, from "The Daily Graphic"
The President's Message, from "The Daily Graphic"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Publisher (American, 1873 - 1889)
Datepublished September 8, 1888
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 18 3/4 × 12 1/8 in. (47.6 × 30.8 cm) Sheet: 21 in. × 14 1/2 in. (53.3 × 36.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist's son
Object number1944.1.33
Not on view
DescriptionNewspaper advertisement for G.P. Putnam's Sons "The President's Message," printed in large type, small quarto, with sixteen full-page moral and graphic illustrations from original designs by Thomas Nast.
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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.
Markings None noted.
Signature Vignettes signed in block at lower right [in 2 bottom illustrations, and top right illustration]: Th: Nast.; top in block at lower left [in top left illustration]: Th: Nast.
Inscribed Inscribed in typeset at upper center: THE DAILY GRAPHIC / AN ILLUSTRATED EVENING NEWSPAPER / 39 & 41 PARK PLACE; entitled in typeset at lower center: THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. / WITH NINETEEN GRAPHIC AND MORAL FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS BY THOMAS NAST. / PUBLISHED BY G.P. PUTMAN'S SONS, NEW YORK. 4 TO., 25 CENTS.; in pencil on verso at lower right: INV 108
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