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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished April 10, 1875
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 9/16 × 9 1/16 in. (26.8 × 23 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 number2019.13.279
Not on view
DescriptionGuard dog with collar reading "U.S." stands next to a box labelled "State Treasury / Excelsior / $ / for the / Public Schools." Man leaning over a wall to the right of the box holds a sack reading "Parochial / schools may / be admitted to / the benefits / of the / common school / system subject / to its laws." Behind the man are signs about the school system, and two paragraphs titled "Board of Education, Please / Take Notice." are typeset in black ink in the upper left corner of illustration. Captioned "PUBLIC WATCH-DOG (that don't care about having Father WALKER administer the Sacraments to him). 'If you think to stop my mouth, you will be greatly mistaken. This / sudden kindness at your hands will only make me more watchful, lest under these unexpected favors to myself you have some private ends to accomplish for your own / benefit, and for my master's injury.'--AESOP." 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 left 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. 954: New York, Saturday, April 10, 1875."
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: published November 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.297
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Date: published December 19, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.265
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Date: published November 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.262
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Date: published April 27, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.177
Unknown artist
Date: c. 6th-8th century CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.49
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Date: published February 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.270
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Date: published May 1, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.281