C’est la belle France, Das ist Des Deutschen Vaterland (This is Beautiful France, That is the German Fatherland), from "Harper's Weekly"

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C’est la belle France, Das ist Des Deutschen Vaterland (This is Beautiful France, That is the German Fatherland), from "Harper's Weekly"
C’est la belle France, Das ist Des Deutschen Vaterland (This is Beautiful France, That is the German Fatherland), from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished April 15, 1871
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 × 20 1/2 in. (33 × 52.1 cm) Sheet: 15 13/16 × 21 1/2 in. (40.2 × 54.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.130
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 in block across bottom of composition in black ink. Page numbers "348" and "349" and publisher typeset above image in black ink.
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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