This Is Only a Truce to Regain Power, from "Harper's Weekly"

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This Is Only a Truce to Regain Power, from "Harper's Weekly"
This Is Only a Truce to Regain Power, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished August 24, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 8 3/4 × 13 3/4 in. (22.2 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 16 3/4 × 11 1/2 in. (42.5 × 29.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.198
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "H.G. 'Clasp hands over the bloody chasm' / C.S. 'Feely accept the hand that is offered, and reach forth thine own in friendly grasp'" 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. Page number "652," publisher, and publication date "August 24, 1872" typeset along right perimeter of image at top of the sheet in black ink.
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
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