A Hard Fish to Catch, from "Harper's Weekly"

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A Hard Fish to Catch, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Hard Fish to Catch, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished January 24, 1874
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 9 1/16 in. (27.3 × 23 cm) Sheet: 15 3/8 × 10 15/16 in. (39.1 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.230
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "John Bull to Spain. 'It's difficult fishing here!" 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 right 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. XVIII.-No. 891: New York, Saturday, January 24, 1874."
No Church Need Apply, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Date: published May 8, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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A Hard Summer for the Soft Rag Baby, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Date: published August 26, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: published June 26, 1869
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.269
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An 'Aggressive' 'Still Hunt', from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 30, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.340
The Spanish Bull in Cuba Gone Mad, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Spanish Bull in Cuba Gone Mad, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Date: published November 29, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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The Reign of the Press, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 8, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.319
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The Horse and His Rider, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 27, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.245
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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
The Third Term Panic, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Third Term Panic, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.258
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Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 10, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.279