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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished July 20, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 8 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (21.6 × 34.9 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 7/8 in. (40 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.194
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "If he does still think that all the vilest classes ('blacklegs, pugilist, keepers of dens, criminals, shoulder-hitters, rowdies, burglars,' etc., etc.) all the scum and dregs of the community, are drawn to the Democratic party by / a 'sympathetic chord,' he disgraces himself in asking for Democratic suffrages" from the "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 right composition.
Inscribed
Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Publication date "July 20, 1872," publisher, and page number "573" typeset along left perimeter of composition at top of the sheet in black ink.
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