What H.G. Knows About Threshing, from "Harper's Weekly"

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What H.G. Knows About Threshing, from "Harper's Weekly"
What H.G. Knows About Threshing, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished July 13, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 13/16 × 9 1/8 in. (27.5 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 11 in. (40 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.193
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "And now 'He comes among us to ask that we adopt him as our Party Chief!': New York WOrld, June 6, 1872" 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. 811: New York, Saturday, July 13, 1872."
What H. G. Knows about Bailing, from "Harper's Weekly"
What H. G. Knows about Bailing, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 27, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.178
Old Honesty, from "Harper's Weekly"
Old Honesty, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 20, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.194
The Consoling Truth, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Consoling Truth, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 15, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.223
Venice: Piazza San Marco and the Colonnade of the Procuratie Nuove
Venice: Piazza San Marco and the Colonnade of the Procuratie Nuove
Unknown artist
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: S2018.2.137
What Are You Going to do About It?, from "Harper's Weekly"
What Are You Going to do About It?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 18, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.184
The Modern Mazeppa: 'What I Know about the Road from Cincinnati To...', from "Harper's Weekly"
The Modern Mazeppa: 'What I Know about the Road from Cincinnati To...', from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 1, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.187
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
Tammany Tiger Loose: 'What Are You Going to Do About It?', from "Harper's Weekly"
Tammany Tiger Loose: 'What Are You Going to Do About It?', from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 11, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.153
Photograph by John Bentham.
Bottle
Date: 4th-5th century
Medium: Blown glass with trailing
Object number: 2015.6.30
Photograph by John Bentham.
Oil lamp with raised geometric pattern
Date: 6th-8th century
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.49
Photograph by John Bentham.
Black-on-red ware amphora (storage jar)
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 750-600 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 2015.6.2
Photograph by John Bentham.
Stirrup jar
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 1300-1100 BCE
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 2015.6.6