The New Comet: A Phenomenon Now Visible in All Parts of the United States, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The New Comet: A Phenomenon Now Visible in All Parts of the United States, from "Harper's Weekly"
The New Comet: A Phenomenon Now Visible in All Parts of the United States, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished August 6, 1870
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 1/16 × 13 11/16 in. (23 × 34.8 cm) Sheet: 15 13/16 × 10 11/16 in. (40.2 × 27.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.119
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 "August 6, 1870," publisher, and page number "505" typeset along left perimeter of composition at top of the sheet in black ink.
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