Any Thing to Get In, from" Harper's Weekly"

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Any Thing to Get In, from" Harper's Weekly"
Any Thing to Get In, from" Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished August 10, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (27.3 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 15 13/16 × 11 3/16 in. (40.2 × 28.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.196
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "You can't play the old Trojan Horse game on Uncle Sam" 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. Publisher banner headline typeset above image in black ink: "Harper's Weekly / Journal of Civilization / Vol. XVI.-No. 815: New York, Saturday, August 10, 1872."
Any Thing but a ‘Pacific Mail’, from "Harper's Weekly"
Any Thing but a ‘Pacific Mail’, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.274
'By Inflation You Will Burst' and 'Let Well Enough Alone, and don't Make it Worse', from "Harper's Weekly"
'By Inflation You Will Burst' and 'Let Well Enough Alone, and don't Make it Worse', from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 20, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.227
The Foreign Church (Roman) Declaring War Upon Our National Public Schools, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Foreign Church (Roman) Declaring War Upon Our National Public Schools, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 8, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.222
Let the Good Work (House-Cleaning) Go On, from Harper's Weekly
Let the Good Work (House-Cleaning) Go On, from Harper's Weekly
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 16, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.159
'The Indifference' of Uncle Sam, from "Harper's Weekly"
'The Indifference' of Uncle Sam, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 9, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.353
Keeping the Money Where it will Do the Most Good, from "Harper's Weekly"
Keeping the Money Where it will Do the Most Good, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 11, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.220
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
New York Tribune's 'Disclosures', from "Harper's Weekly"
New York Tribune's 'Disclosures', from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.233
The Power of the Press, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Power of the Press, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 9, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.238
The Lionized Asinus Vulgaris, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Lionized Asinus Vulgaris, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 16, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.354
The 'Mexican' Scarecrow, from "Harper's Weekly"
The 'Mexican' Scarecrow, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 13, 1877
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.358
The Horse and His Rider, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Horse and His Rider, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 27, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.245