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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished November 6, 1875
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 15 5/8 × 10 11/16 in. (39.7 × 27.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 in. × 13 1/2 in. (22.9 × 34.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.297
Not on view
DescriptionElephant reading "Republican / Vote" on forehead, and "Iowa", "Ohio", and "Nebraska" on three feet. Elephant facing man wearing hat with two feathers reading "Free Schools" and "Hard Money". Standing in front of fence with sign reading "Reformed / Tammany Hall. / Come in here, if you wish / to be protected from / vultures and rats. / 1875." Captioned "U.S. 'Now don't be frightened into THAT Trap.'" typeset beneath title in black ink.
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Additional Details
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 "896," publisher, and publication date "November 6, 1875" typeset above image in black ink.
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.259
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Date: published October 28, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: published April 16, 1881
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.554
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.270
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 8, 1884
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.588
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Date: published November 20, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.299
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.258
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 4, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.247
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 14, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.342
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 16, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.295
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 24, 1877
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.371