'Well Roared Lion,' and 'Well Shone, Moon!', from "Harper's Weekly"

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'Well Roared Lion,' and 'Well Shone, Moon!', from "Harper's Weekly"
'Well Roared Lion,' and 'Well Shone, Moon!', from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished February 24, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 1/2 × 9 in. (26.7 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 15 5/8 × 10 7/8 in. (39.7 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.167
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "Lion. 'You may now, perchance, both quake and tremble here, / when lion rough in wildest rage doth roar.': Shakspeare" 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. Publisher banner headline typeset above image in black ink: "Harper's Weekly / Journal of Civilization / Vol. XVI.-No. 791: New York, Saturday, February 24, 1872." Inscribed "J. W [Hoy-] po" in pencil above banner headline.

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