The Next Thing in Order, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Next Thing in Order, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Next Thing in Order, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished May 23, 1874
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (11.4 × 11.4 cm) Sheet: 15 7/8 × 11 in. (40.3 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.241
Not on view
DescriptionIllustration occupies full front cover with the cation "The Next Thing in Order / (The Portrait of the Seceratary of the Treasury is Drawn as Mildly as Possible)". An anthropomorphic donkey is dressed in a suit and seated at a desk writing a resignation letter while an Uncle Sam figure stands next to the desk, looking on and pointingat the letter, hat removed and in hand. Verso is four columns of advertisements and opinion essays.
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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 "1144," publisher, and publication date "December 20, 1873" typeset above image in black ink.
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.100
Thanksgiving-Day, November 26, 1863, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thanksgiving-Day, November 26, 1863, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5 , 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.47
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Who Backed Down?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 23, 1879
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.193
Whoa!—Greenback the Weaver, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Thomas Nast
Date: published April 24, 1880
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.216
The Next In Order: Any thing! Oh, Any thing!, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Thomas Nast
Date: published September 14, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.202
The Horse and His Rider, from "Harper's Weekly"
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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Thomas Nast
Date: published May 15, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.285
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Thomas Nast
Date: published March 30, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.171
Photograph by John Bentham.
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Charles E. Burchfield
Date: March 1916
Medium: Watercolor and graphite on paper
Object number: 2016.1.1
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Charles E. Burchfield
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Thomas Nast
Date: published April 27, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.178
Photo by John Bentham.
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Thomas Nast
Date: n.d.
Medium: Graphite on paper
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