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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished September 19, 1868
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 8 7/8 × 13 13/16 in. (22.5 × 35.1 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/2 × 10 7/16 in. (39.4 × 26.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.101
Not on view
DescriptionMultiple captions typeset beneath image in black in: "Let us have peace," from the "Republican Candidate for President;" "What the Confederacy fought for would be won by the / Election of Seymour and Blair," from "Vance;" and "Let the President disperse the Carpet-Bag State Government," from the "Democratic Candidate for Vice-President."
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Additional Details
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 number "600," publisher, and publication date "September 19, 1868" typeset along right perimeter of image at top of the sheep in black ink.
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 27, 1883
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 1944.1.15
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 3, 1868
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.103
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 14, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.234
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.262
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 24, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.329
Thomas Nast
Date: 1889
Medium: Ink on two pieces of collaged paper
Object number: 1944.1.21a-b
Paul Strand
Date: 1915 (published October 1916)
Medium: Photogravure on Japan paper
Object number: 1993.6
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.270
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 20, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.276
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 332-250 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with remnants of pigment
Object number: 1943.20