The Trouble Has Commenced, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Trouble Has Commenced, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Trouble Has Commenced, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished February 27, 1875
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 5/8 × 9 1/8 in. (27 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 15 13/16 × 11 1/16 in. (40.2 × 28.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.271
Not on view
DescriptionMan standing center right of composition has his hand on a piece of paper reading "Very / Civil Rights / in the / House / of Representative" sitting on top of a short table. A tiger is pouncing at him with his mouth wide open, but the man looks unalarmed. Tiger has collar reading "John / the Young / Brown Tiger. Dem. / of KY." Four men hold the tail of the tiger. In the background a judge is standing up behind his stand, raising a gavel in his hand. His stand reads "Gentlemen you must / not let / your wild animals / loose till / the next session." "--[See Page 182]" typeset following 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. Publisher banner headline typeset above image in black ink: "Harper's Weekly / Journal of Civilization / Vol. XIX.-No. 948: New York, Saturday, February 27, 1875."
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
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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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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: unknown
Medium: Wood engraving on paper
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Thomas Nast
Date: published March 20, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.276
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.324
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Thomas Nast
Date: published March 27, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.277
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Thomas Nast
Date: published March 25, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.316
Thanksgiving-Day, November 26, 1863, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5 , 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.47