Not 'Love' but Justice, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Not 'Love' but Justice, from "Harper's Weekly"
Not 'Love' but Justice, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished June 26, 1869
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition (a): 7 9/16 × 6 1/2 in. (19.2 × 16.5 cm) Composition (b): 7 9/16 × 6 1/4 in. (19.2 × 15.9 cm) Sheet: 10 13/16 × 15 3/4 in. (27.5 × 40 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.107
Not on view
DescriptionCaption above, "From London Punch, May 29, 1869;" and below, "Sir Jonathan Falstaff. / Prince of Wales. 'Sirrah, do I owe you a thousand pound?' / Sir Jonathan. 'A thousand pound, Al'? Four hundred million! Thy love is worth four / hundred million: thou owest [sic] me thy love': Shakspeare (slightly altered)" composition a typeset in black ink. Caption above, "Harper's Weekly, June 26, 1869;" and below, "Sir John Bull Falstaff. 'Prince Jonathan. 'Here comes lean Jack; here comes the barebones! How now, my sweet / creature of bombast? How long is't ago, Jack, since thou saw'st thine own knee?' / Shakespeare (not altered)" composition b typeset 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 left of composition b.
Inscribed Title typeset above image in black ink. Publication date "June 26, 1869," publisher, and page number "413" typeset along left perimeter of composition a at top of the sheet.
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