Caesarphobia, from "Harper's Weekly"

Skip to main content
Caesarphobia, from "Harper's Weekly"
Caesarphobia, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished August 1, 1874
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 1/4 × 10 11/16 in. (33.7 × 27.1 cm) Sheet: 15 9/16 × 10 13/16 in. (39.5 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.250
Not on view
DescriptionDonkey face on human body with tail holding a book in his left hand and quill in his right yelling at a man sitting in a chair smoking a cigar. Man in chair has hair resembling a lion’s mane and is ignoring the donkey gazing up at the sky. A few people in background and a house with an American flag. Captioned "INTELLIGENT INTERVIEWER (J. G. B., Jun.). 'Do you insist upon running for a Third Term? Do you insist upon being a Caesar? Answer quick, or-or-or-I'll Bray!'" typeset beneath title in black ink.
Collections

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 "640," publisher, and publication date "August 1, 1874" typeset above image in black ink.
The ‘Funny’ Little Boy in Trouble, from "Harper's Weekly"
The ‘Funny’ Little Boy in Trouble, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.262
The Crowning Insult to Him Who Occupies the Presidential Chair, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Crowning Insult to Him Who Occupies the Presidential Chair, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 13, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.129
The Mysterious Influence of the New York ‘Herald!’, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Mysterious Influence of the New York ‘Herald!’, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.270
The Hobby in the Kinder-Garten, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Hobby in the Kinder-Garten, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.257
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
A Blow and a Bite, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Blow and a Bite, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 19, 1881
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.259
© Rhona Bitner, ADAGP, Artists Rights Society, New York. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer W…
FAME Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL, May 8, 2008, from
the “Listen” project, 2006-18
Rhona Bitner
Date: May 8, 2008
Medium: Fujiflex print
Object number: 2024.7.6
Upon What Meat Doth this Our Caesar Feed that He Hath Grown so Great?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Upon What Meat Doth this Our Caesar Feed that He Hath Grown so Great?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.264
The Lionized Asinus Vulgaris, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Lionized Asinus Vulgaris, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 16, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.354
Midsummer Night’s Dream of JuliusCaesarTempestMuchAdoAboutNothingComedyofErrorsAsYouLikeItAll'sWellThatEndsWell, from "Harper's Weekly"
Midsummer Night’s Dream of JuliusCaesarTempestMuchAdoAboutNothingComedyofErrorsAsYouLikeItAll'sWellThatEndsWell, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 4, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.219
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
Britannia Lionizing our Modern Ulysses, from "Harper's Weekly"
Britannia Lionizing our Modern Ulysses, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 30, 1877
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.382