A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to 'Blow Over': 'Let us Prey', from "Harper's Weekly"

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A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to 'Blow Over': 'Let us Prey', from "Harper's Weekly"
A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to 'Blow Over': 'Let us Prey', from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished September 23, 1871
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (34.9 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 16 × 11 in. (40.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.143
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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 "September 23, 1871," publisher, and page number "889" typeset above image at top of the sheet.
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