New Years Calls---Eve at it Again, from "Harper's Weekly"

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New Years Calls---Eve at it Again, from "Harper's Weekly"
New Years Calls---Eve at it Again, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished January 7, 1871
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 3/16 × 9 1/8 in. (33.5 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 16 in. × 11 3/16 in. (40.6 × 28.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.124
Not on view
DescriptionAmerican Reconstruction Era. A woman in a party dress with her hair done stands center left, pouring tea into the cup of a man standing center right. There is a holiday party in the background.
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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 "Supplement, January 7, 1871.]," publisher, and page number "17" typeset above image at top of the sheet.
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