Keeping the Money Where it will Do the Most Good, from "Harper's Weekly"

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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"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished October 11, 1873
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (27.3 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 11 3/16 in. (40 × 28.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.220
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "Uncle Sam. 'Look out boys, they say he's a Caesar (seiz-er)" 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. Publisher banner headline typeset above image in black ink: "Harper's Weekly / Journal of Civilization / Vol. XVII.-No. 876: New York, Saturday, October 11, 1873."
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
Date: published December 20, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.227
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: published November 15, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.223
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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"
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Thomas Nast
Date: published May 9, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.238
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The Next Thing in Order, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 23, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.241
'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
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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