A Group of Butternut Prisoners, Taken from Life, from "Harper's Weekly"

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A Group of Butternut Prisoners, Taken from Life, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Group of Butternut Prisoners, Taken from Life, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished April 25, 1863
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 in. × 13 11/16 in. (22.9 × 34.8 cm) Sheet: 15 1/2 × 10 1/4 in. (39.4 × 26 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.33
Not on view
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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 right composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Publication date "April 25, 1863," publisher, and page number "261" typeset along left perimeter of image at top of the sheet in black ink.
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