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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(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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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 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.
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Date: published March 27, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.277
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Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: S2018.2.136
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Date: published February 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.103
Spencer Finch
Date: 2018
Medium: Seven framed archival inkjet photographs
Object number: 2019.9.a-g
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Date: published March 30, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.170
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.233
Marla Sweeney
Date: 2003
Medium: Archival inkjet print
Object number: 2020.8.22
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 11, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.153
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 4, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.301
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.258