What H. G. Knows about Bailing, from "Harper's Weekly"

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What H. G. Knows about Bailing, from "Harper's Weekly"
What H. G. Knows about Bailing, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished April 27, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 1/4 × 9 in. (33.7 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 16 × 10 7/8 in. (40.6 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.178
Not on view
DescriptionIllustrations on verso. Sheet divided into thirds, the first third features text titled "The Bird's Nest" accompanied by an image between the two columns of text. An image titled "The Bird's Appeal" occupies the rest of the sheet.
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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 "328," publisher, and publication date "April 27, 1872" typeset above image in black ink.
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 5, 1868
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.100
See, Where His Grace Stands between Two Clergymen!, from "Harper's Weekly"
See, Where His Grace Stands between Two Clergymen!, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 20, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.175
The Next Thing in Order, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Next Thing in Order, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 23, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.241
Justice on the Rail: Erie Railroad (Ring) Smash Up, from "Harper's Weekly"
Justice on the Rail: Erie Railroad (Ring) Smash Up, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 30, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.171
No Church Need Apply, from "Harper's Weekly"
No Church Need Apply, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 8, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.282
Photograph by John Bentham.
Sheikh Sanʿân Beneath the Window of the Christian Woman, from Mantiq al-Tayr (The Conference of the Birds)
Unknown artist
Date: probably mid-16th century
Medium: Double-sided watercolor, ink, and gold leaf on paper
Object number: 1986.29.1a-b
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Fragment of a relief from the Northwest Palace at Nimrud
Unknown artist
Date: c. 883-859 BCE
Medium: Gypsum with remnants of red pigment
Object number: 1868.5
Whose Funeral Is It?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Whose Funeral Is It?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 20, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.276
What H.G. Knows About Threshing, from "Harper's Weekly"
What H.G. Knows About Threshing, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 13, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.193
Garibaldi's Entrance into Naples, from the "London Illustrated News"
Garibaldi's Entrance into Naples, from the "London Illustrated News"
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 22, 1860
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.6
Shylock, We Would Have Money and Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Shylock, We Would Have Money and Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 6, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.191
A Tammany Rat, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Tammany Rat, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.259