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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished February 28, 1874
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 7/8 × 9 in. (25.1 × 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/2 × 11 1/8 in. (41.9 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.233
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "Othello (Uncle Sam). 'Villain, be sure of it; give me the ocular proof; / or, by the worth of mine eternal soul, / thou hadst been better have been born a dog, / than answer my wak'd wrath.' / Iago ('Professor' of Scandal). 'It is come to this?' / Othello. 'Make me to see it; or (at least) so prove it, / that the probation bear no hinge, nor loop. / To hang a doubt on: or, woe upon thy life! / if thou dost slander her, and torture me, / never pray more: abandon all remorse; / on horror's head horrors accumulate: do deeds to make heaven weep, all earth amaz'd, / for nothing canst thou to damnation add, / greater than that.': Shakspeare [sic]" typeset beneath title in black ink.
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Additional Details
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. XVIII.-No. 896: New York, Saturday, February 28, 1874."
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