The Power of the Press, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Power of the Press, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Power of the Press, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished May 9, 1874
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 5/8 × 8 3/4 in. (34.6 × 22.2 cm) Sheet: 15 11/16 × 10 7/8 in. (39.8 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.238
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "Press Witches (to Macbeth: Uncle Sam). 'Show! Show! Show! Show his eyes, and grieve his heart; come like shadows, so depart.' Shakspeare" 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. Page number "396," publisher, and publication date "May 9, 1874" typeset along right perimeter of composition at top of sheet in black ink.
A Moonshine Scene, from Harper's Weekly
A Moonshine Scene, from Harper's Weekly
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 27, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.277
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Unknown artist
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Thomas Nast
Date: published February 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.103
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Spencer Finch
Date: 2018
Medium: Seven framed archival inkjet photographs
Object number: 2019.9.a-g
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Thomas Nast
Date: published March 30, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.170
New York Tribune's 'Disclosures', from "Harper's Weekly"
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Thomas Nast
Date: published February 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.233
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Marla Sweeney
Date: 2003
Medium: Archival inkjet print
Object number: 2020.8.22
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.153
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.301
Photograph by John Bentham.
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.258
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The Consoling Truth, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 15, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.223