Let Us Clasp Hands Over the Bloody Chasm, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Let Us Clasp Hands Over the Bloody Chasm, from "Harper's Weekly"
Let Us Clasp Hands Over the Bloody Chasm, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished September 21, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 × 13 3/4 in. (22.9 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 11 in. (40 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.204
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. Page number "732," publisher, and publication date "September 21, 1872" typeset along right perimeter of composition at top of sheet in black ink.
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