The Only Thing They Respect and Fear, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Only Thing They Respect and Fear, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Only Thing They Respect and Fear, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished October 21, 1871
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/8 × 9 1/16 in. (26.4 × 23 cm) Sheet: 16 11/16 × 11 5/16 in. (42.4 × 28.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.149
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "We presume it is strictly correct to say that the one consequence of thieving which: would now dread is a violent death. Public scorn, / or even the penitentiary, has little terror for them. / We do not know how the affair may end, but we do know that if: close their careers in peace, and ease, and affluence, it will be a terrible / blow to political and private morality" from "The Nation" typeset beneath title in black ink.
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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. Publisher banner headline typeset above image in black ink: "Harper's Weekly / Journal of Civilization / Vol. XV.-No. 773: New York, Saturday, October 21, 1871."
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