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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished January 2, 1875
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 1/2 × 8 3/4 in. (34.3 × 22.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (40.3 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.266
Not on view
DescriptionMan in robe with cross around neck looks back at man stepping on the tail of his robe, who holds a paper reading "The / Vatican / decrees / in their bearing on / civil allegiance / a political expostulation. / By the / right Hon. N. E. Gladstone". To his right a man sits on a bench and another man stands. On wall to left of the robed man a sign reads "Archbishop / Manning. / The / infallible / Pope's / representative / in / London. / England." Domed building in background with cross on the top. "--[See Page 10]" typeset following title in black ink. Captioned "'A former Minister (of Great Britain) whom I had believed rather moderate, and who, to say the truth, had never while in office manifested arrogance or violence toward the Catholic Church, intoxicated by the proceedings of another Minister / in another State, has suddenly come forward like a Viper, assailing the Bark of St. Peter.'---ADDRESS OF THE POPE, ROME, November 10, 1874." typeset beneath title in black ink.
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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 "12," publisher, and publication date "January 2, 1875" typeset above image in black ink.
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: 2008-10
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: published February 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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