Decoration Day: May 30, 1871, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Decoration Day: May 30, 1871, from "Harper's Weekly"
Decoration Day: May 30, 1871, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished June 10, 1871
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (34.9 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 16 × 11 1/4 in. (40.6 × 28.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.134
Not on view
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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. Page number "524," publisher, and publication date "June 10, 1871" typeset above image in black ink.
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