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

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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.
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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. Page number "1084," publisher, and publication date "November 18, 1871" typeset above image in black ink.
Photo by John Bentham.
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Ink on paper
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George Catlin
Date: 1845
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.125
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Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
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Photo by John Bentham.
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George Catlin
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Medium: Color lithograph on paper
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George Catlin
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Thomas Nast
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