The Last Shot of the Honorable Senator from Massachusetts, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Last Shot of the Honorable Senator from Massachusetts, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Last Shot of the Honorable Senator from Massachusetts, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished June 22, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 15 × 9 3/16 in. (38.1 × 23.3 cm) Sheet: 15 5/8 × 11 in. (39.7 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.190
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 "488," publisher, and publication date "June 22, 1872" typeset above image in black ink.
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art. Photo by John Bentham.
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