Shakespeare on the Late Riot, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Shakespeare on the Late Riot, from "Harper's Weekly"
Shakespeare on the Late Riot, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished August 5, 1871
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 8 1/8 × 13 11/16 in. (20.6 × 34.8 cm) Sheet: 16 3/4 × 11 1/4 in. (42.5 × 28.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.137
Not on view
DescriptionAmerican Reconstruction Era. Six columns of text typeset beneath title in black ink. The first three are titled "RIchard III" and the last three are titled "Falstaff".
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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 centered at the bottom of the composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Page number "716," publisher, and publication date "August 5, 1871" typeset along right perimeter of composition at top of sheet in black ink.
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 5, 1868
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.100
Wilkes Booth the Second, from "Harper's Weekly"
Wilkes Booth the Second, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1868
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.105
Thanksgiving-Day, November 26, 1863, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thanksgiving-Day, November 26, 1863, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5 , 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.47
Shakespeare on the ‘Liberal’ Campaign of Slander, from "Harper's Weekly"
Shakespeare on the ‘Liberal’ Campaign of Slander, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 4, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.180
Who Backed Down?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Who Backed Down?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 23, 1879
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.193
No Church Need Apply, from "Harper's Weekly"
No Church Need Apply, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 8, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.282
The Only ‘Emergencies’ We Need to Fear (?), from "Harper's Weekly"
The Only ‘Emergencies’ We Need to Fear (?), from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 6, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.172
See, Where His Grace Stands between Two Clergymen!, from "Harper's Weekly"
See, Where His Grace Stands between Two Clergymen!, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 20, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.175
What H. G. Knows about Bailing, from "Harper's Weekly"
What H. G. Knows about Bailing, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 27, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.178
Political Niagara, from "Harper's Weekly"
Political Niagara, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 27, 1868
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.95
Not 'Love' but Justice, from "Harper's Weekly"
Not 'Love' but Justice, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 26, 1869
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.107
Our Common Schools as They Are and as They May Be, from "Harper's Weekly"
Our Common Schools as They Are and as They May Be, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 26, 1870
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.114