Compromise with the South: Dedicated to the Chicago Convention, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Compromise with the South: Dedicated to the Chicago Convention, from "Harper's Weekly"
Compromise with the South: Dedicated to the Chicago Convention, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished September 3, 1864
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 3/16 × 13 13/16 in. (23.3 × 35.1 cm) Sheet: 15 1/2 × 10 5/8 in. (39.4 × 27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.61
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 left composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Page number "572," publisher, and publication date "September 3, 1864" typeset on the right perimeter of the image, at the top of the sheet.
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