Santa Claus in Camp, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Santa Claus in Camp, from "Harper's Weekly"
Santa Claus in Camp, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished January 3, 1863
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 5/8 × 9 in. (27 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 11 in. (40 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.25
Not on view
DescriptionIllustration of a Union camp with Santa Claus in the foreground entertaining soldiers with a toy. Men carry packages and Harper's Weekly newspapers.
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Provenance 2019: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Jay G. Williams.
Signature Signed "Th Nast" in block at lower left composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Publisher banner headline typeset above image in black ink: "Harper's Weekly / Journal of Civilization / Vol. VII.-No. 314.: New York, Saturday, January 3, 1863.: single copies six cents. / $2.50 per year in advance / Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1862, by Harper & Brothers, in the Office of District Court for the Southern District of New York."
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