Slavery is Dead?, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Slavery is Dead?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Slavery is Dead?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished January 12, 1867
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 × 13 11/16 in. (22.9 × 34.8 cm) Sheet: 15 11/16 × 10 3/4 in. (39.8 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.84
Not on view
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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 in block across the top of the composition in black ink. Page number "24," publisher, and publication date "January 12, 1867" typeset above image in black ink.
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Thomas Nast
Date: published September 10, 1870
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.120
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Thomas Nast
Date: published December 23, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.160
A General Blow-up: Dead Asses Kicking a Live Lion, from "Harper's Weekly"
A General Blow-up: Dead Asses Kicking a Live Lion, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 16, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.239
A Group of Butternut Prisoners, Taken from Life, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Group of Butternut Prisoners, Taken from Life, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 25, 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.33
A Roman Catholic Mission from England to the 'Heathens' of America, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Roman Catholic Mission from England to the 'Heathens' of America, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 30, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.162
The Modern Mazeppa: 'What I Know about the Road from Cincinnati To...', from "Harper's Weekly"
The Modern Mazeppa: 'What I Know about the Road from Cincinnati To...', from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 1, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.187
The Last Shot of the Honorable Senator from Massachusetts, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Last Shot of the Honorable Senator from Massachusetts, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 22, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.190
Moses Junior Viewing the Promised Land from Mount Ruin, from "Harper's Weekly"
Moses Junior Viewing the Promised Land from Mount Ruin, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 25, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.249
Declaration of Equality, from "Harper's Weekly"
Declaration of Equality, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 12, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.335
A Hard Summer for the Soft Rag Baby, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Hard Summer for the Soft Rag Baby, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 26, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.336
Governor Tilden's Democratic 'Wolf (Gaunt and Hungry') and the Goat (Labor), from "Harper's Weekly"
Governor Tilden's Democratic 'Wolf (Gaunt and Hungry') and the Goat (Labor), from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 9, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.337
A Box Stew; or, An Enviable Position, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Box Stew; or, An Enviable Position, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 9, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.338