Senator Tweed in a New Role, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Senator Tweed in a New Role, from "Harper's Weekly"
Senator Tweed in a New Role, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished April 16, 1870
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 × 13 11/16 in. (22.9 × 34.8 cm) Sheet: 15 9/16 × 10 13/16 in. (39.5 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.116
Not on view
DescriptionAmerican Reconstruction Era
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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 typeset beneath image in black ink. Publication date "April 16, 1870," publisher, and page number "249" typeset along left perimeter of composition at top of the sheet in black ink.
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Thomas Nast
Date: published June 22, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
Date: published November 18, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.156
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art. Photo by John Bentham.
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
Date: published January 7, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.124
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.111
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Date: published August 5, 1865
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.71
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.131
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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