The Arrest of 'Boss' Tweed: Another Good Joke, from "Harper's Weekly"

Skip to main content
The Arrest of 'Boss' Tweed: Another Good Joke, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Arrest of 'Boss' Tweed: Another Good Joke, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished November 18, 1871
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 1/8 × 9 in. (33.3 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 11 in. (40 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.156
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "The shadow of justice. 'I'll make some of you cry yet' / 'Sheriff' Brennan merely nodded to Mr. Tweed, bade him 'Good-day,' and laying his had tenderly on his shoulder, said, laughingly, 'You're my man!' It seemed like a / deliciously cool joke, and, judging from the faces, it was" from the "New York Times" typeset beneath title in black ink.
Collections

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 left composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Page number "1084," publisher, and publication date "November 18, 1871" typeset above image in black ink.
Tweed-le-dee and Tilden-Dum, from "Harper's Weekly"
Tweed-le-dee and Tilden-Dum, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 1, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.330
Photograph by John Bentham.
Study for Woman in Blue
Oskar Kokoschka
Date: c. 1919
Medium: Ink on paper
Object number: 1996.15.41
'Where there is an Evil' (Caesarism Scare) 'There is a Remedy': (Ridicule), from "Harper's Weekly"
'Where there is an Evil' (Caesarism Scare) 'There is a Remedy': (Ridicule), from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 8, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.221
Napoleon's 1812 Invasion of Russia
Napoleon's 1812 Invasion of Russia
Charles Constantine Hoffbauer
Date: 1935-1938
Medium: Watercolor collage
Object number: INV.804
An 'Aggressive' 'Still Hunt', from "Harper's Weekly"
An 'Aggressive' 'Still Hunt', from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 30, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.340
You have to be in good physical condition in the fence business because it's hard work. Everybody in the business is related, either your brother or your cousin works for us or for another fence company. Our product is better than the customer expects. We use the best materials and do the job right., from the series "Working"
You have to be in good physical condition in the fence business because it's hard work. Everybody in the business is related, either your brother or your cousin works for us or for another fence company. Our product is better than the customer expects. We use the best materials and do the job right., from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1974-76 (printed later)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.91
Time On His Hands: Abbott "Abbie" Hoffman, leader of the Youth International Party (Yippies), has time to think after he surrendered to authorities in Chicago Thursday to begin serving a 15-day jail sentence for resisting arrest. Hoffman surrendered after having exhausted appeals possibilities arrest. Hoffman surrendered after having exhausted appeals possibilities from his conviction stemming from the 1968 Democratic National Convention disturbances
Time On His Hands: Abbott "Abbie" Hoffman, leader of the Youth International Party (Yippies), has time to think after he surrendered to authorities in Chicago Thursday to begin serving a 15-day jail sentence for resisting arrest. Hoffman surrendered after having exhausted appeals possibilities arrest. Hoffman surrendered after having exhausted appeals possibilities from his conviction stemming from the 1968 Democratic National Convention disturbances
Date: December 3, 1970
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.294
Free Whiskey to Boot
Free Whiskey to Boot
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1888
Medium: Wood engraving on paper
Object number: 1944.1.58
Photo by John Bentham.
Beluga Whale - Delphinapterus leucas, from the series "Animalia / Creatures"
Henry Horenstein
Date: 1995-2001
Medium: Cibachrome
Object number: 2019.18.14
Tammany Tiger Loose: 'What Are You Going to Do About It?', from "Harper's Weekly"
Tammany Tiger Loose: 'What Are You Going to Do About It?', from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 11, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.153
The ‘Funny’ Little Boy in Trouble, from "Harper's Weekly"
The ‘Funny’ Little Boy in Trouble, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.262
The Greatest Joke of the Century, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Greatest Joke of the Century, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 20, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.244