Amphitheatre Flavius, Rome, MDCCCLXXV.--Caesar Having Things Rendered Unto Him, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Amphitheatre Flavius, Rome, MDCCCLXXV.--Caesar Having Things Rendered Unto Him, from "Harper's Weekly"
Amphitheatre Flavius, Rome, MDCCCLXXV.--Caesar Having Things Rendered Unto Him, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished January 16, 1875
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 8 15/16 × 13 3/16 in. (22.7 × 33.5 cm) Sheet: 15 13/16 × 10 13/16 in. (40.2 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.268
Not on view
DescriptionLarge robed man with wreathe on head sitting on throne in booth overlook arena. Throne has "VE" above man's head. One of man's leg rests on stool, the other on an animal rug. Table with food on it next to throne. In the arena a figure wearing cross around neck is tied to a chair and has head covered. Man to right of figure has large piece of paper raised above his head reading "Gladstone's / pamphlet". Man to left of figure is holding a sword that reads "Germany".
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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. Publication date "January 16, 1875", publisher, and page number "57" typeset above image in black ink.

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