United States Senate Theatre, from "Harper's Weekly"

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United States Senate Theatre, from "Harper's Weekly"
United States Senate Theatre, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 – 1902)
Datepublished March 30, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 1/16 × 9 in. (25.6 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 15 15/16 × 11 1/16 in. (40.5 × 28.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.170
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "Iago (studying his part) 'I know not if't be true / but I, for mere suspicion in that kind, / will do, as if for surety' ...... / ...... 'Divinity of hell! / When devils will their blackest sins put on / they do suggest at first with heavenly shows, as I do now': Shakspeare [sic]" 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. 796: New York, Saturday, March 30, 1872." Pencil inscription above banner headline "[illegible]".
New York Tribune's 'Disclosures', from "Harper's Weekly"
New York Tribune's 'Disclosures', from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.233
Not 'Love' but Justice, from "Harper's Weekly"
Not 'Love' but Justice, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 26, 1869
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.107
Roma - Palazzo Vaticano, Cappella Sistina. Gruppo dei sette peccati mortali, in basso Minos; dettaglio del Giudizio universale.
Roma - Palazzo Vaticano, Cappella Sistina. Gruppo dei sette peccati mortali, in basso Minos; dettaglio del Giudizio universale.
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.636
© Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton …
Koinobori (eggs in the belly)
Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka
Date: 2021
Medium: Sumi paintings on washi, linocut on washi, rice bags, indigo, kakishibu, and gyotaku on washi, konnyaku, and handmade deckle box gampi paper
Object number: 2024.15
Photo by John Bentham.
Lokapala figure
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: c. 618-907 C.E.
Medium: Red clay with remnants of pigment
Object number: 1994.58
This is the only gold dredge in the continental United States. It operates around the clock, seven days a week, moving three million cubic yards of sand and gravel every year. The dredge makes twenty-five cents per cubic yard and with the depressed gold market somtimes doesn't break even. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
This is the only gold dredge in the continental United States. It operates around the clock, seven days a week, moving three million cubic yards of sand and gravel every year. The dredge makes twenty-five cents per cubic yard and with the depressed gold market somtimes doesn't break even. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.97
Faas and Arnett on the Move: this photo of Horst Faas (left) and Peter Arnett was made during their three month tour of the United States
Faas and Arnett on the Move: this photo of Horst Faas (left) and Peter Arnett was made during their three month tour of the United States
Horst Faas
Date: April 14, 1971
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.124
In Full Battle Gear: as he arrives at a staging area at Dong Ha, South Vietnam, a United States Marine carries full battle gear plus a folding chair he scrounged somewhere. The Marine spent a comfortable night in the chair before climbing aboard a helicopter and flying into battle
In Full Battle Gear: as he arrives at a staging area at Dong Ha, South Vietnam, a United States Marine carries full battle gear plus a folding chair he scrounged somewhere. The Marine spent a comfortable night in the chair before climbing aboard a helicopter and flying into battle
Horst Faas
Date: 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.126
At a memorial service for comrades killed earlier this week in a fierce battle at the Michelin rubber plantation in South Vietnam, two soldiers of the United States 1st infantry division held their weapons as they prayed for the dead
At a memorial service for comrades killed earlier this week in a fierce battle at the Michelin rubber plantation in South Vietnam, two soldiers of the United States 1st infantry division held their weapons as they prayed for the dead
Horst Faas
Date: December 9, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto with retouching
Object number: 2022.15.131
Portrait of United States Marine Corps recruit wearing glasses
Portrait of United States Marine Corps recruit wearing glasses
Burk Uzzle
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.256
United States Marine Corp boot camp: recruit climbing across poles
United States Marine Corp boot camp: recruit climbing across poles
Burk Uzzle
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.257
United States Marine Corp boot camp: a recruit that has fallen off a rope is made to stand by himself in front of his buddies, for discipline.
United States Marine Corp boot camp: a recruit that has fallen off a rope is made to stand by himself in front of his buddies, for discipline.
Burk Uzzle
Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.258