On to Richmond, from "Harper's Weekly"

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On to Richmond, from "Harper's Weekly"
On to Richmond, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished June 18, 1864
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 3/4 × 20 13/16 in. (34.9 × 52.9 cm) Sheet (a): 15 11/16 × 11 1/16 in. (39.8 × 28.1 cm) Sheet (b): 15 11/16 × 11 in. (39.8 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.59
Not on view
DescriptionBattle scene with men carrying swords and riffles walking towards the right side of composition. Some men and horses lay on the ground. A tattered and shredded American flag flies behind the crowd in upper center right of composition. "The Campaign in Virginia" typeset before title in black ink.
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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; Page number "392," publisher, and page number "393" typeset above image in black ink; "The Campaign in Virginia" typeset before title in black ink.
The Horse and His Rider, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Horse and His Rider, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 27, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.245
Thanksgiving-Day, November 26, 1863, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thanksgiving-Day, November 26, 1863, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5 , 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.47
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To This We Should Return With the Least Practicable Delay, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 9, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.267
Si les chevaux s'entendaient? Quelle révolution! (If the horses get along? What a revolution!)
Si les chevaux s'entendaient? Quelle révolution! (If the horses get along? What a revolution!)
Nicolas Toussaint Charlet
Date: 1840
Medium: Lithograph on paper
Object number: 1988.8
A Tammany Rat, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Tammany Rat, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.259
Photograph by John Bentham.
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William E. Williams
Date: 2003–4 (printed 2007)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2008.5.3
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Venice: Piazza San Marco
Unknown artist
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: S2018.2.136
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College. Photo by John Be…
Greek Tetradrachm, Syracuse
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: 490 B.C.E. - 461 B.C.E.
Medium: Silver
Object number: S2018.1.10
A Republican Form of Government, and No Domestic Violence, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Republican Form of Government, and No Domestic Violence, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.273
Photo by John Bentham.
His Record - Once More In It
Thomas Nast
Date: 1892
Medium: Lithograph
Object number: 1944.1.69
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Thomas Nast
Date: published September 5, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.252
Whose Funeral Is It?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Whose Funeral Is It?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 20, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.276