International Law: the Better Way, from "Harper's Weekly"

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International Law: the Better Way, from "Harper's Weekly"
International Law: the Better Way, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (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.
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