Our President Puts his foot Down, and the British Lion Will Have to Wriggle Out, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Our President Puts his foot Down, and the British Lion Will Have to Wriggle Out, from "Harper's Weekly"
Our President Puts his foot Down, and the British Lion Will Have to Wriggle Out, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished July 6, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 9 1/16 in. (27.3 × 23 cm) Sheet: 15 5/8 × 11 in. (39.7 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.192
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. Publisher banner headline typeset above image in black ink: "Harper's Weekly / Journal of Civilization / Vol. XVI.-No. 810: New York, Saturday, July 6, 1872." Inscription above banner headline "436 [illegible]" in pencil.
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