Are Republics Ungrateful?, from "Every Saturday: An Illustrated Journal of Choice Readings"

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Are Republics Ungrateful?, from "Every Saturday: An Illustrated Journal of Choice Readings"
Are Republics Ungrateful?, from "Every Saturday: An Illustrated Journal of Choice Readings"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished June 4, 1870
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 8 3/4 × 11 11/16 in. (22.2 × 29.7 cm) Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (35.2 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.118
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "Alcibiades. I have kept back their foes, / while they have told their money, and let out / Their coin upon large interest: I myself. / Rich only in large hurts, All those for this! / Is this the balsam, that the usuring Senate / Pours into captains' wounds?" from the "Timon of Athens" typeset beneath 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 left composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Publication date "June 4, 1870," publisher, and page number "361" typeset along left perimeter of composition at top of the sheet in black ink.
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