Cincinnatus, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Cincinnatus, from "Harper's Weekly"
Cincinnatus, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished February 10, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 × 13 1/2 in. (22.9 × 34.3 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (40 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.165
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "H. G. the farmer receiving the nomination from H. G. the editor" 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 right composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Page number "132," publisher, and publication date "February 10, 1872" typeset above image in black ink.
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