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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished January 9, 1875
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 5/8 in. × 9 in. (27 × 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 15 13/16 × 10 7/8 in. (40.2 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.267
Not on view
DescriptionBoat with American flag on it and sign on the front reading "The Ark of State." Man standing in window on boat wearing toga points off into the distance. In the water reads "Inflation." with six men float on their backs behind it in front of the boat. In the background a bird flies over the rainbow reading "Our Credit". Rock below rainbow reads "Sound / specie / basis. / Gold and silver". "--U. S. GRANT" typeset following 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. Publisher banner headline typeset above image in black ink: "Harper's Weekly / Journal of Civilization / Vol. XIX.-No. 941: New York, Saturday, January 9, 1875."
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 9, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.353
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 5, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.252
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.274
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 6, 1880
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.502
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.262
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 4, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.246
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.270
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 19, 1881
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.259
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 4, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.247
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 6, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.242
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.103
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 3, 1880
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.518