Princip-als, Not Men---a Lawyer Pleading for his 'Client', from "Harper's Weekly"

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Princip-als, Not Men---a Lawyer Pleading for his 'Client', from "Harper's Weekly"
Princip-als, Not Men---a Lawyer Pleading for his 'Client', from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished August 7, 1875
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 3/4 × 9 1/4 in. (34.9 × 23.5 cm) Sheet: 15 7/8 × 10 13/16 in. (40.3 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.291
Not on view
DescriptionCrying man standing with arms around large bag of stolen money which is on top of table. Seated figure in upper left composition mostly cut off with sword in hand pointed out over man's head. People in background.
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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. Page number "636," publisher, and publication date "August 7, 1875" typeset above image in black ink.
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