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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished August 14, 1875
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 9 1/4 in. (27.3 × 23.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 5/8 in. (40 × 27 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.294
On view
DescriptionLion with front paws on seated man's knees and with his mouth wide open in front of man's head. Newspaper in top hat on bench next to man and bills on ground. Other men in background. Captioned "--[SEE PAGE 659]" typeset following title in black ink, and "'Now put your Head in, if you dare.'" typeset beneath title in black ink.
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Exhibition History
2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.). Work exhibited in first rotation only, Fall 2024 semester.
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.). Work exhibited in first rotation only, Fall 2024 semester.
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. 972: New York, Saturday, August 14, 1875."
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.262
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 27, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.245
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 20, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.276
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 27, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.325
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.270
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 9, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.353
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 29, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.323
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.256
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 27, 1878
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.417
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 23, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.339
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 4, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.247
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 19, 1881
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.259