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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished November 14, 1874
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (34.3 × 52.1 cm)
Sheet: 15 5/8 × 22 3/16 in. (39.7 × 56.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.260
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "The nations are fast becoming so civilized as to feel that these is a better way to settle their difficulties than by fighting" from U.S. Grant 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 numbers "936" and "937" and publisher typeset above image in black ink.
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 27, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: published June 27, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.245
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Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.258
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Date: 1845
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Object number: 1971.3
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Date: 1770-1819
Medium: Graphite, ink, and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.13
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Date: published January 15, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.308
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 30, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.162
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 24, 1880
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.216
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 16, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.354
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 19, 1881
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.259
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Date: published December 19, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.265