How the Copperheads Obtain their Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"

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How the Copperheads Obtain their Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
How the Copperheads Obtain their Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished November 12, 1864
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 8 7/8 × 13 3/4 in. (22.5 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 15 11/16 × 10 1/2 in. (39.8 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.65
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 "November, 12, 1864," publisher, and page number "725" typeset on the left perimeter at the top of the sheet.
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