The Union Christmas Dinner, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Union Christmas Dinner, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Union Christmas Dinner, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished December 31, 1864
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 1/4 × 20 3/8 in. (33.7 × 51.8 cm) Sheet: 15 13/16 × 22 in. (40.2 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.67
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 left composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Page numbers "840" and "841" and publisher typeset above image in black ink.
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