Let Us Be Thankful, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Let Us Be Thankful, from "Harper's Weekly"
Let Us Be Thankful, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished July 4, 1874
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 20 in. × 13 3/4 in. (50.8 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 15 11/16 × 11 1/4 in. (39.8 × 28.6 cm) Sheet: 15 11/16 × 21 7/8 in. (39.8 × 55.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.246
Not on view
DescriptionWoman in long flowing dress kneeling on the ground with head resting on chair. Paper on ground reads "Congress / has / Adjourned. / Washington / D.C / June. 1874." Cylinders with weapon in center tied together. Four cylinders read "East", "South", "North", "West", and binding reads "Union". Papers on desk to left of woman read "(Party Pledge) / Sound / Financial Bill / on / Republican / Platform / Resolutions / 'Our National / Currency / Will Be / Perfected / by a / Speedy / Resumption / of / Specie / Payment", "Civil Service / Reform.", "Geneva / Award.", "The Civil Rights Bill. / (Tabled) Afraid to Pass / or Kill It." Many people in background wearing top hats in two storied building. Sculpture upper left. Spread also includes "The Fisherman's Wife." on page 557
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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 left composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Page number "560," publisher, and page number "561" typeset above image in black ink.
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