The Day We Celebrate, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Day We Celebrate, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Day We Celebrate, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished April 6, 1867
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 1/8 × 13 3/4 in. (23.2 × 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 number2019.13.88
Not on view
DescriptionAmerican Reconstruction Era. Captioned "St Patrick's Day 1867" in block across top of composition in black ink. Captioned "Rum. Brutal attack on the police. / Irish Riot. Blood" in block around title in black ink.
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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 in block across bottom of the composition in black ink. Page number "212," publisher, and publication date "April 6, 1867" typeset along right perimeter of image at top of the sheet in black ink.
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