The Drummer Boy of Our Regiment: Eight War Scenes, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Drummer Boy of Our Regiment: Eight War Scenes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Image Not Available for The Drummer Boy of Our Regiment: Eight War Scenes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker Thomas Nast American, born Germany, 1840 – 1902
Datepublished December 19, 1863
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 3/8 in. × 9 in. (34 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 15 7/8 × 10 1/2 in. (40.3 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.49
Not on view
DescriptionAmerican Civil War
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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 "December 19, 1863," publisher, and page number "805" typeset above image at top of the sheet.
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.12
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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