The Third Term Panic, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Third Term Panic, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Third Term Panic, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished November 7, 1874
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 8 13/16 × 13 1/2 in. (22.4 × 34.3 cm) Sheet: 10 3/8 × 15 5/16 in. (26.4 × 38.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.258
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "An ass, having put on the lion's skin, roamed about in the forest, and amused himself by frightening all the foolish animals he met with in his wandering" from "Shakespeare or Bacon" 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 "912," publisher, and publication date "November 7, 1874" typeset along right perimeter of image at top of the sheet in black ink.
The 'Third Term' Trap, from "Harper's Weekly"
The 'Third Term' Trap, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 26, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.288
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
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
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
Go West, Young Man!, from "Harper's Weekly"
Go West, Young Man!, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 20, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.300
Photograph by John Bentham.
Headdress frontlet
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1825-50
Medium: Wood with paint and abalone
Object number: 1984.470
A Tammany Rat, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Tammany Rat, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.259
Caesarphobia, from "Harper's Weekly"
Caesarphobia, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 1, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.250
The Next Thing in Order, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Next Thing in Order, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 23, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.241
The British Lion Loose in the House of Commons, from "Harper's Weekly"
The British Lion Loose in the House of Commons, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 14, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.294
A Burden He Has to Shoulder, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Burden He Has to Shoulder, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.256
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art. Photo by John Bentham.
Ex-Judge David Davis (Now Senator), at Home, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 17, 1877
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.365