President Lincoln Entering Richmond, April 4,1865, from "Harper's Weekly"

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President Lincoln Entering Richmond, April 4,1865, from "Harper's Weekly"
President Lincoln Entering Richmond, April 4,1865, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished February 24, 1866
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 20 1/16 × 13 5/16 in. (51 × 33.8 cm) Sheet: 21 5/16 × 15 13/16 in. (54.1 × 40.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.76
Not on view
DescriptionAmerican Civil War; American Reconstruction Era
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Exhibition History 2008
Clinton, NY (Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Emancipation and Denigration: Thomas Nast Pictures Black America," January 14, 2008 - April 13, 2008
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.
On to Richmond, from "Harper's Weekly"
On to Richmond, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 18, 1864
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.59
Prisoners at Richmond: Union Troops Prisoners at Belle Isle, from "Harper's Weekly"
Prisoners at Richmond: Union Troops Prisoners at Belle Isle, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5 , 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.48
The Crowd at Baltimore Waiting for Mr. Lincoln, President of the United States, from the "London Illustrated News"
The Crowd at Baltimore Waiting for Mr. Lincoln, President of the United States, from the "London Illustrated News"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 23, 1861
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.10
General McClellan Entering the Town of Frederick, Maryland: the Popular Welcome, from "Harper's Weekly"
General McClellan Entering the Town of Frederick, Maryland: the Popular Welcome, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 4, 1862
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.20
The First of April, 1864, from "Harper's Weekly"
The First of April, 1864, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 2, 1864
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.55
Abraham Lincoln and the Drummer boy, from "Harper's Weekly"
Abraham Lincoln and the Drummer boy, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 27, 1867
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.90
Our Martyred President: Victory and Death, from "Harper's Weekly"
Our Martyred President: Victory and Death, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 10 , 1865
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.69
The President of the United States and his Cabinet, from "Harper's Weekly"
The President of the United States and his Cabinet, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 26, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.140
The Contrast of Suffering: Andersonville and Fortress Monroe, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Contrast of Suffering: Andersonville and Fortress Monroe, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 30, 1866
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.77
The Workingman's Mite, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Workingman's Mite, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 20, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.133
'Pardon' and 'Franchise', from "Harper's Weekly"
'Pardon' and 'Franchise', from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 5, 1865
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.71
The British Lion Disarmed, from "Harper's Weekly"
The British Lion Disarmed, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 1, 1868
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.98