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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished November 11, 1871
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 8 5/8 × 13 3/4 in. (21.9 × 34.9 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 7/8 in. (40 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.155
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "Boss. 'You have the Liberty of Voting for any one you please; but we have the Liberty of Counting in any one we please' / 'Do your duty as citizens, and leave the rest to take its course' -New York Times" typeset beneath title in black ink.
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Additional Details
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 "1060," publisher, and publication date "November 11, 1871" typeset along right perimeter of composition at top of the sheet in black ink.
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