The Spanish Bull in Cuba Gone Mad, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Spanish Bull in Cuba Gone Mad, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Spanish Bull in Cuba Gone Mad, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished November 29, 1873
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 1/4 × 9 in. (33.7 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 5/8 in. (40 × 27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.225
On view
DescriptionCaptioned "It must be stopped. If Spain can't do it, we must!" typeset beneath title in black ink.
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Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.). Work exhibited in first rotation only, Fall 2024 semester.
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 "1068," publisher, and publication date "November 20, 1873" typeset above image in black ink.
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