A ‘Liberal’ Surrender: ‘Anything to Beat Grant’, from "Harper's Weekly"

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A ‘Liberal’ Surrender: ‘Anything to Beat Grant’, from "Harper's Weekly"
A ‘Liberal’ Surrender: ‘Anything to Beat Grant’, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished May 11, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 8 15/16 × 13 5/8 in. (22.7 × 34.6 cm) Sheet: 15 11/16 × 11 in. (39.8 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.182
Not on view
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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 "364," publisher, and publication date "May 11, 1872" typeset along right perimeter of composition at top of the sheet in black ink.
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