That Tidal Wave: We Are on the Home Stretch, from "Harper's Weekly"

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That Tidal Wave: We Are on the Home Stretch, from "Harper's Weekly"
That Tidal Wave: We Are on the Home Stretch, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished October 26, 1872
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 3/4 × 21 5/8 in. (34.9 × 54.9 cm) Sheet: 15 3/8 × 22 1/8 in. (39.1 × 56.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.209
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 right composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Page numbers "832" and "833" and publisher typeset above image in black ink.
We Are on the Home Stretch, from "Harper's Weekly"
We Are on the Home Stretch, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 6, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.210
The Day We Celebrate, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Day We Celebrate, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 6, 1867
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.88
The Only ‘Emergencies’ We Need to Fear (?), from "Harper's Weekly"
The Only ‘Emergencies’ We Need to Fear (?), from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 6, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.172
The New Organ-(We Beg the 'Tribune's' Pardon)-ization on its 'New Departure': Anything To Get Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
The New Organ-(We Beg the 'Tribune's' Pardon)-ization on its 'New Departure': Anything To Get Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 8, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.188
Shylock, We Would Have Money and Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Shylock, We Would Have Money and Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 6, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.191
Let Us Think Twice before we Let Loose the Dogs of War, from "Harper's Weekly"
Let Us Think Twice before we Let Loose the Dogs of War, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 13, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.226
To This We Should Return With the Least Practicable Delay, from "Harper's Weekly"
To This We Should Return With the Least Practicable Delay, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 9, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.267
Why We Laugh, from "Harper's Weekly"
Why We Laugh, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 3, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.326
Why We Laugh, from "Harper's Weekly"
Why We Laugh, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 8, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.331
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art. Photo by John Bentham.
Ex-Judge David Davis (Now Senator), at Home, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 17, 1877
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.365
Precious Jewel of thy Home Return, from "Harper's Weekly"
Precious Jewel of thy Home Return, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 5, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.252
A Legitimate Question about Home Rule, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Legitimate Question about Home Rule, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.275