Too Much of a Good Thing, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Too Much of a Good Thing, from "Harper's Weekly"
Too Much of a Good Thing, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished August 19, 1871
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 1/4 × 14 in. (23.5 × 35.6 cm) Sheet: 15 15/16 × 11 in. (40.5 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.139
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 left composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Publication date "Supplement, August 19, 1871," publisher, and page number "777" typeset along left perimeter of image at top of the sheet.
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