The Dead Beat, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Dead Beat, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Dead Beat, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished December 23, 1871
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 12 3/4 × 9 in. (32.4 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 15/16 in. (40 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.160
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "The ghost of Dick Turpin to Jack Sheppard. 'There's no use talking. To them belongs the Palm. They have completely outdone us'" 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 "1196," publisher, and publication date "December 23, 1871" typeset above image in black ink.
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