’Old Honesty’ Among the Ruins of Tammany, from "Harper's Weekly"

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’Old Honesty’ Among the Ruins of Tammany, from "Harper's Weekly"
’Old Honesty’ Among the Ruins of Tammany, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker Thomas Nast American, born Germany, 1840 – 1902
Datepublished October 5, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 3/4 in. × 9 in. (34.9 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (40 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.206
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 "764," publisher, and publication date "October 5, 1872" typeset along right perimeter of composition at top of sheet in black ink.
Image Not Available for 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
Image Not Available for 'What Are You Going to Do About It,' If 'Old Honesty' Lets Him Loose Again?, from "Harper's Weekly"
'What Are You Going to Do About It,' If 'Old Honesty' Lets Him Loose Again?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 31, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.199
Image Not Available for 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
A Tammany Rat, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Tammany Rat, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.259
Tammany Down Again-The 'Reform' Trap Smashed, from "Harper's Weekly"
Tammany Down Again-The 'Reform' Trap Smashed, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 20, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.299
Moses Junior Viewing the Promised Land from Mount Ruin, from "Harper's Weekly"
Moses Junior Viewing the Promised Land from Mount Ruin, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 25, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.249
Image Not Available for The Capture of Lookout Mountain: General Hooker Fighting among the Clouds, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Capture of Lookout Mountain: General Hooker Fighting among the Clouds, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 26, 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.50
Jewels Among Swine, from "Harper's Weekly"
Jewels Among Swine, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 13, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.243
The Same Old Christmas Story Over Again, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Same Old Christmas Story Over Again, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 4, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.216
The Same Old Pirate Ship Afloat Again, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Same Old Pirate Ship Afloat Again, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 19, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.253
Image Not Available for A Group of Butternut Prisoners, Taken from Life, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Group of Butternut Prisoners, Taken from Life, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 25, 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.33
Image Not Available for A Roman Catholic Mission from England to the 'Heathens' of America, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Roman Catholic Mission from England to the 'Heathens' of America, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 30, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.162